''Filmmaker'' is a quarterly publication

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

covering issues relating to

independent film An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, i ...

. The magazine was founded in 1992 by

Karol Martesko-Fenster Karol Martesko-Fenster is an American media executive. Career Martesko-Fenster is the founder and chief content officer of Thought Engine Partners and the chief operating officer of specialized theatrical film distributor and global rights manage ...

, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. The magazine is now published by the IFP ( Independent Filmmaker Project), which acts in the independent film community.

Background

With a readership of more than 60,000, the magazine includes interviews, case studies, financing and distribution information, festival reports, technical and production updates, legal pointers, and filmmakers on filmmaking in their own words. The magazine used to be available outside the US in London but has not been on sale in the UK since early 2009.

Annual features

25 New Faces of Independent Film: Each year (typically in the Summer issue), ''Filmmaker'' publishes its list of independent film's emerging talent. The list typically contains directors, producers, actors and animators. Past lists have featured

Ryan Gosling Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received ...

, Andrew Bujalski, Anna Boden,

Ryan Fleck Anna Boden and Ryan K. Fleck are an American filmmaking duo. They are best known for their collaborations on the films ''Half Nelson (film), Half Nelson'', ''Sugar (2008 film), Sugar'', '' It's Kind of a Funny Story (film), It's Kind of a Funny ...

Greg Pak Greg Pak is an American comic book writer and film director. Pak is best known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including ''X-Men'' (most notably '' X-Treme X-Men''), several titles featuring the Hulk (including ''Planet Hulk'', w ...

Oren Peli Oren Peli ( he, אורן פלאי / אורן פלי; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter, known for directing the 2007 film ''Paranormal Activity''. Early life Peli was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a J ...

Miranda July Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art. She w ...

Tze Chun Tze Chun (born Tze-ngo Chun ) is an Cinema of the United States, American film and TV producer, director, writer, and comic book publisher. He was born in Chicago and raised outside of Boston, and graduated from Milton Academy in 1998. He recei ...

, Jay Duplass &

Mark Duplass Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Duplass has written and directed films, i ...

, Zoe Kazan, Lena Dunham, Rooney Mara,

Azazel Jacobs Azazel Jacobs (born September 27, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is the son of experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs. His short films include ''Kirk and Kerry'' and ''Message Machine'', and his features include the acclaimed ...

Craig Zobel Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor whose work includes music videos, film, and television. He has directed the films ''Compliance (film), Compliance'' (2012), ''Z for Zachariah (film), Z for Zachariah'' (2015), and ''The Hunt (2 ...

Elliot Page Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Elliot Page, various accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination, tw ...

, and Hilary Swank.

List of "25 New Faces of Indie Film" from 1998–2023

Sources:

1998

Lance Acord Lance Acord (born September 9, 1964) A.S.C.American Society of Cinematographers.

* Peter Sarsgaard * Jamie Babbit * David Birdsell *

Darren Stein Darren Stein (born December 24, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer who grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Among his works include the documentary ''Put the Camera on Me'', the 2010 horror comedy ''All About Evil' ...

* Hilary Brougher *

P. David Ebersole P. David Ebersole is an American independent filmmaker, television director, and novelist. He began his film career as a child actor, playing the lead in the musical '' Junior High School'' (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul. Career Steppi ...

* Christina Ray Eichman * Matthew Irving * Mary Kuryla * Craig Marsden * Sanjay Mishra * David Munro * Pop Will Eat Itself *

Benita Raphan Benita Raphan (November 5, 1962, New York City – January 10, 2021, New York City) was an American filmmaker and designer. She was known for directing short documentary films about "eccentric and unusual minds", including John Nash, Buckminster F ...

* Tami Reiker * Greg Sax *

Shudder to Think Shudder to Think was an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1986, they released three albums on the Washington, D.C.-based label Dischord Records, and two on Epic Records. Their early work was largely influenced by post-hardcore although ...

* Elizabeth Schub *

Cauleen Smith Cauleen Smith (born September 25, 1967) is an American born filmmaker and multimedia artist. She is best known for her experimental works that address the African-American identity, specifically the issues facing black women today. Smith is bes ...

Amy Talkington Amy Virginia Talkington (born 1969) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author. Background Talkington was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Clement Talkington, is a surgeon; her mother, Virginia Savage McAlester, is an architectural ...

* Amy Vincent *

Lisa Wiegand Lisa Marie Wiegand, (born October 20, 1968) is an American cinematographer. Biography Lisa Marie Wiegand was born in 1968 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. She graduated in 1989 from Wayne State University, and obtained her MFA in cinematography fr ...

Yvonne Welbon Yvonne Welbon is an American independent film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Chicago. She is known for her films, ''Living with Pride:Ruth C. Ellis @ 100'' (1999), ''Sisters in Cinema'' (2003), and ''Monique'' (1992)''. Work Wel ...

Jessica Yu Jessica Lingmin Yu (born February 14, 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in ...

1999

* Janet McTeer *

Matthew Libatique Matthew Libatique (born July 19, 1968) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films '' Pi'' (1998), ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), ''The Fountain'' (2006), ''Black Swan'' (2010), ''No ...

* Eva Ilona Brzeski *

James Chinlund James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied Fine Art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large scale installation art works. After graduating, ...

Nisha Ganatra Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama ''Chutney Popcorn'' (1999) and later directed the indepe ...

Theodore Shapiro Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores. He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the 2 ...

* Tom Krueger * Lindsay Jewett *

Erik Loyer Erik Loyer is a digital artist whose work examines identity and memory in the context of new modes of communications afforded by media technologies. History Loyer began his work at The Voyager Company, and has done professional interface design wor ...

* Jim Tobias * Tom E. Brown *

Patrick Stettner Patrick Stettner is an American film director and writer. His first film, ''Flux'', was released in 1996 as a short, and starred Allison Janney in an early role. He went on to direct and write the screenplay for ''The Business of Strangers'' in 200 ...

* Karyn Kusama * Angela Robinson *

Shari Roman Shari Roman is an American artist, author, screenwriter and director. Biography Originally commissioned by John Pierson for his Independent Film Channel (USA) programSplit Screen Roman's first short filmLars from 1-10about Danish Dogme film ma ...

& Sophia Fiennes * David Kaplan *

Joel Hopkins Joel Hopkins (born 6 September 1970) is a British independent film director and screenwriter best known for his films ''Jump Tomorrow'' (2001) and ''Last Chance Harvey'' (2008). Career Hopkins was born in London, England, he moved to New Yor ...

* Kurt Kuenne * Heidi Van Lier * Jennifer Gentile * Hilary Swank *

Wash Westmoreland Paul Westmoreland (born 4 March 1966), known professionally as Wash Westmoreland and previously known as Wash West, is a British director who has worked in television, documentaries, and independent films. He frequently collaborated with his hus ...

* Tom Hodges * Jonathan Weiss

2000

* Tim Orr * Alex Rivera * Tatia Rosenthal * Michael Pitt * Fran Krause * Kenya T. Tiller *

Gary Hawkins Gary Hawkins is an independent filmmaker born and raised in Thomasville, North Carolina. Hawkins has written and directed six films, including ''The Rough South of Harry Crews'', which won an Emmy and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Go ...

* Isaac Webb *

Greg Pritikin Greg Pritikin is an independent filmmaker from Chicago. Biography According to his official biography, Pritikin inherited a love of film from his father, who had an extensive collection of 16mm prints. Pritikin watched them religiously before star ...

Peter Sollett Peter Sollett (born January 1, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films '' Raising Victor Vargas'' (2002) and ''Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008). Early life Sollett was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn ...

& Eva Vives *

Cintra Wilson Cintra Wilson (born 1967) is an American writer, performer and cultural critic. Dubbed "the Dorothy Parker of the cyber age", she is best known for her commentary on popular culture which is often humorous and irreverent in tone. She contributed t ...

* David Kartch * Anthony Hardwick * Marlene Rhein * Cinque Northern * Rolf Gibbs *

Laura Colella Laura Colella is a film maker who wrote and directed ''Stay Until Tomorrow ''Stay Until Tomorrow'' is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award winner Laura Colella. It stars Elea ...

* Senor Amor & Danielle Luppi * Arjun Dhasin * Aaron Woodley * Damani Baker *

Erin Cressida Wilson Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American playwright, screenwriter, professor, and author. Wilson is known for the 2002 film ''Secretary'', which she adapted from a Mary Gaitskill short story. It won her the Independent Spirit ...

* Bradley Rust Gray

2001

* David Guion & Michael Handelman *

Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (born 1975) is an American filmmaker and writer. Biography She studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where she graduated summa cum laude in 2003. Her debut short film ''Pâté'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festi ...

* Doug Sadler *

* Monique Matthews * Ari Gold * Chris Papierniak * Brett Vapnek * Todd Stevens * Kat Smith *

Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is an American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee who is best known for the animated films ''It's Such a Beautiful Day'', the '' World of Tomorrow'' series, an ...

* Paul Harrill *

Bradley Beesley Bradley Beesley is an American Independent film and video director, producer and cinematographer. Born in Oklahoma and based in Austin, Texas, he "has made a cinematic career documenting oddball Americana, strange sub-cultures and homegrown rock ...

Minh Nguyen-Vo {{Orphan, date=December 2021 Minh (Chữ Nôm: 明) is a popular unisex given name of Vietnamese origin, written using the Chinese character (明) meaning "bright", and is also popular among other East Asian names. The Chinese name Ming has the sa ...

* Eric Deutschman * Mike Jones * Nicholas Hay * David Von Ancken * David Fickas *

Todd Hughes Todd Hughes (born August 13, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American screenwriter, author, producer and film director. He is a Columbia University graduate and currently resides in Palm Springs, California and Mérida, Yucatán. Career H ...

Zoe Poledouris Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcast ...

* Scott Coffey

2002

Aaron Stanford Aaron Stanford (born December 27, 1976) is an American actor best known for his roles as Pyro in '' X2'' and '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and Doug in the 2006 remake of '' The Hills Have Eyes''. From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Birkhoff in '' N ...

* Judy Becker * Steven Pippman * Geoff Haley * Brian To * Garrett Scott *

J.T. Petty J. T. Petty (born February 28, 1977) is an American filmmaker and video game writer. Petty's film and short novels contain elements of the horror genre. As writer for the Ubisoft video games ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' and its sequel '' Tom ...

* deco dawson * Daniel Junge *

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger (born November 22, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary ''Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama '' The Illusionist'' (2006), '' Limitless'' (2011), and the sci-fi action film '' ...

* Divya Srinivasan * Josslyn Luckett * Lisa Collins * Craig Brewer * Przemyslaw Reut * M. Stark & Jacob Meszaros * Coleman Hough * Grace Lee * Justin Haythe * Steve Beatrice * Lucy Walker * Nicole Cattell *

Joshua Marston Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film ''Maria Full of Grace''. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in ...

* Davidson Cole

2003

* Tasha Oldham * Jesse Moss * Steven Tsuchida *

Seith Mann Seith Mann (born 1973)"March 14, 2007...At 33, the D.C. native is one of the youngest African Americans directing television dramas" is an American film and television director. He directed ''Five Deep Breaths'' and has gone on to direct for ''The ...

Jessica Sharzer Jessica Sharzer (born October 26, 1972) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and editor. She is known for her work on the Showtime drama series ''The L Word'' and the FX horror series ''American Horror Story''. She wrote the screenp ...

* Adam Bhala Lough * Bradley Peyton *

Ben Coccio Benjamin Coccio (born August 2, 1975) is an American filmmaker from Niskayuna, New York. He is best known for his feature film work, directing '' Zero Day'' and co-writing ''The Place Beyond The Pines''. Biography Coccio attended the Rhode Islan ...

* Tom Putnam * Shari Frilot *

Stefan Nadelman Stefan Nadelman is an American film director and animator. A collection of photos from Stefan Nadelman's film '' Terminal Bar'' was released in book form in 2014, authored by Nadelman and his father Sheldon Nadelman who also was the book's photo ...

* Victor Viyuoh *

Patty Jenkins Patricia Lea Jenkins (born July 24, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. She has directed the feature films ''Monster'' (2003), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), and ''Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020). For the film ''Monster'', she w ...

* Irene Lusztig * David Russo * Ghazi Albuliwi * Andrew Bujalski *

Matt Goldman Matt Goldman (born December 30, 1969) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer, and songwriter based in Atlanta, Georgia. Biography Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, Goldman is a drummer by trade. Goldman c ...

* Brett Ingram * Matt Smith * Elliot Greenebaum * Jen Sachs * Luis Carmara Silva & Gabrielle Galanter

2004

Jacob Aaron Estes Jacob Aaron Estes (born September 6, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film director known for the award winning film ''Mean Creek'', ''The Details (film), The Details'' and Don't Let Go (2019 film), ''Don't Let Go''. Career Estes was a the ...

Marcelo Zarvos Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and composer. Life and career Zarvos was born in São Paulo. He began in classical music in his teens and studied at the Berklee College of Music. He is more known for jazz and had success with the al ...

* Ryya Elias * Andrij Parekh * Rosario Garcia-Montero * Ryan Eslinger * Ryan Johnson & Gena Levy * Elena Elmoznino * Cess Silvera * Margaret Harris * Micah Schraft & Abdi Nazemian * Larry Blackhorse Lowe * Ellie Lee * Stephen Adly Guirgis * Anna Boden &

* Kazuo Ohno * Rania Ajami * Mario De La Vega * Annemarie Jacir * Kulture Machine * Lou Taylor Pucci

2005

* Brent Green * Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi * Cary Joji Fukunaga * Opa Joe Sampson *

Kyle Henry Kyle Henry is an American independent filmmaker, editor, and educator. Henry teaches film production at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, while also spending time in Los Angeles and Austin. He received his undergraduate degree from ...

Keith Bearden Keith Bearden (born in Middletown, Connecticut) is an American screenwriter and director. Starting at age 9, he began acting extensively on stage, performing in productions at Wesleyan University and Yale University, and 10 years acting and the ...

Rachel Boynton Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt ...

* Danielle Lurie *

Cam Archer Cam Archer (born 1981) is an American independent filmmaker, photographer and sound designer, currently residing in Santa Cruz, California. ''Cinemad'' Career Archer's first success was with his 2003 student produced short film, ''bobbycrush'', a ...

* Patricia Riggen * Jake Mahaffy * Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon *

Victor Buhler Victor Buhler (born February 1, 1972) is an American television and film director. Buhler was a Series Producer on The Vow (TV series), The Vow and in 2019 he won a Sports Emmy Award, Sports Emmy for producing ''Tom vs Time, Tom vs. Time''. He di ...

* Don Handfield * Mary Jordan * Stew * Mark Banning & Mad Matthewz *

Nicholas Jarecki Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film ''Arbitrage''. Early life Jarecki was born on June 25, 1979 in New York City, to Henry Jarecki and Marjorie Heidsieck. ...

* Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing * Oliver Cheetham * Lori Silverbush & Michael Skolnik * Joby Harold * Chase Palmer *

Marshall Curry Marshall Curry (born ) is an Oscar-winning American documentary film, documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor. His films include ''Street Fight (film), Street Fight'', ''Racing Dreams'', ''If a Tree Falls, If a Tree Falls: A ...

2006

* Olivia Thirlby * Linas Phillips *

Ham Tran Ham Tran () is a Vietnamese American film writer, editor, and director. He is of Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese) ancestry, specifically Teochew. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film ''The A ...

So Yong Kim So Yong Kim (born 1968) is a Korean American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: ''In Between Days'', '' Treeless Mountain'', ''For Ellen'', and '' Lovesong''. So Yong Kim is a recipient of the New York Foundation’s Video Ar ...

Scott Z. Burns Scott Z. Burns (born July 17, 1962) is an American filmmaker and playwright. Career After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Burns began his career in advertising and later became a television commercials director. He was part of th ...

* Antonio Campos * Gary Huggins *

Carter Smith Carter Smith (born September 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker and fashion photographer. He is best known for directing the films '' The Ruins'' (2008) and ''Jamie Marks Is Dead'' (2014). Life and career A native of Bowdoinham, Maine, Smith moved ...

Astra Taylor Astra Taylor (born September 30, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician. She is a fellow of the Shuttleworth Foundation for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt. Life Born in Winni ...

Michele Civetta Michele Civetta (born 1976) is an Italian American film director and multi-media artist and founder of Quintessence Films. Career Michele Civetta is an Emmy-nominated director. He has directed videos for Lou Reed, Sparklehorse, Edward Sharp ...

* Esther Robinson * Alex Karpovsky *

Aurora Guerrero Aurora Guerrero is a writer-director from California. Early life Guerrero was born in the Mission District of San Francisco, California to Mexican immigrant parents, later growing up on the border of the cities of Richmond and El Cerrito whi ...

* Eunhee Cho * Neistat Brothers * Nee Brothers * Pastor Brothers * Michael Tully * Paul Soter * Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy *

John Maringouin John Maringouin is an American film director. His debut feature, ''Running Stumbled'', received wide critical acclaim and was referred to by ''Variety'' as a "phantasmagoric filmmaking debut" Maringouin received a Spirit award nomination for the f ...

* Sameh Zaobi * Kevin Jerome Everson *

Todd Rohal Todd Rohal is an American independent filmmaker. Career Rohal attended filmmaking classes at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Between 1997 and 2001 he directed four short films: ''Single Spaced'' (1997), ''Slug 660'' (1998), ''Knuckleface Jones ...

* PJ Raval

2007

* Moon Molson *

Sophie Barthes Sophie Barthes (born 1974) is a French-American film director and screenwriter best known for her 2009 film ''Cold Souls''. Early life Barthes was born in France and was raised in South America and the Middle East. She moved to New York in 2001 t ...

* Daniel Barz * Jennifer Venditti * Kim Reed * Andy Blubaugh *

* Calvin Reeder * Fillipe Barbosa *

* Phillip Van * Sean Kirby *

* Richard Goldgewicht & Jeremy Goldscheider * Vicente Amorim * M dot Strange *

Kentucker Audley Andrew Michael Nenninger (born November 13, 1981), known professionally as Kentucker Audley, is an American filmmaker and actor. He appeared on the 2007 ''Filmmaker Magazine'' list of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He founded the independent f ...

* Hope Dickson Leach *

Ronald Bronstein Ronald Bronstein is an American film director, screenwriter, editor and actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in moder ...

* Vineet Dewan *

Georgina Lightning Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress. Biography Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she is an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation. She was raised off-reserve, near the Samson community in Edmonton, Alberta ...

* Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky *

Jess Weixler Jess Weixler (born ) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy ''The Big Bad Swim''. Early life Weixler graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, wh ...

Alex Holdridge Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in Berlin, Germany. Holdridge began making movies in the early 2000s in Austin, Texas. His first full-length film, ''Wrong Numbers'', was a low-budget comedy about two 18-year-old gu ...

Stephane Gauger Stephane Gauger (August 30, 1970 – January 11, 2018) was a Vietnamese-born American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Biography Born in Saigon, South Vietnam to an American civilian contractor and his Vietnamese wife, Gauger was ...

2008

* Jesse Epstein * Andrew Okpeaha MacLean * Tariq Tapa * Joshua Safdie * Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman * Christina Voros *

Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt is an American director, writer, producer, and film professor at Princeton University. He is best known for his documentary films '' ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium'', ''Havana Motor Club'', '' Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has ...

* Jennifer Phang *

Barry Jenkins Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film ''Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Indep ...

Shana Feste Shana Feste (born August 28, 1975) is an American film director and screenwriter. She has directed and written '' The Greatest'', ''Country Strong'', '' Endless Love'', '' Boundaries'', ''Run Sweetheart Run'', and also has writing credits for ''Y ...

* Daniel Robin * Tom Quinn * John Magary *

* Matt Wolf * Myna Joseph * Encyclopedia Pictura * Mark Russell * E.E. Cassidy *

Dee Rees Diandrea Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films '' Pariah'' (2011), '' Bessie'' (2015), ''Mudbound'' (2017), and '' The Last Thing He Wanted'' (2020). Rees has also written and di ...

* Aasif Mandvi * David & Nathan Zellner * Eric Latek * Julia Leigh * Benh Zeitlin

2009

* Ian Olds * Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal *

Nat Sanders Nathaniel "Nat" Sanders (born August 9, 1980) is an American film editor. He is best known for his collaborations with Destin Daniel Cretton and Barry Jenkins. He won Independent Spirit Awards for both '' Short Term 12'' (2013) and '' Moonlight' ...

* Jessica Oreck * Derek Cianfrance * Jeff Mizushima * Lost Zombies * Paula Huidobro * Steph Green *

Bradford Young Bradford Marcel Young, A.S.C (born July 6, 1977) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on ''Selma'', ''When They See Us'', '' A Most Violent Year'', '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and ''Arrival'', which earned him a nominat ...

* Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher * Paola Mendoza *

Destin Daniel Cretton Destin Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his films ''Short Term 12'' (2013), ''The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''Just Mercy'' (2019) and the Marvel Studios film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021). He has ...

Morgan Jon Fox Morgan Jon Fox (born June 19, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Named one of the "25 new faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine, he has directed four feature films, ''Blue Citrus Hearts'' (2 ...

* The Purchase Brothers * Nicole Opper * Asiel Norton * Andrew T. Betzer * Sebastián Silva * Tina Mabry * Frankie Latina * Lena Dunham * Geoff Marslett * Rooney Mara * Jody Lee Lipes

2010

* Victoria Mahoney * Alex Jablonski & Michael Totten * Rashaad Ernesto Green *

Sara Colangelo Sara Colangelo is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films ''Little Accidents'' and ''Worth (film), Worth''. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010. Colangelo graduated from P ...

* Robert Machoian &

Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name ''Roderick'' (Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last Vis ...

* Jason Byrne *

Trieste Kelly Dunn Trieste Kelly Dunn (born January 14, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Deputy Siobhan Kelly in the Cinemax series ''Banshee'' and U.S. Marshal Allison Knight in the NBC series '' Blindspot''. Personal life Dunn studie ...

* Sean Durkin * Rebecca Richman Cohen *

Julius Onah Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and occasional actor.

* Zac Stuart-Pontier * Holden Abigail Osborne * David Wilson * Radical Friend (Kirby McClure & Julia Grigorian) * Marc Fratello * Brent Stewart * Jade Healy * Sultan Sharrief *

Mike Stoklasa Red Letter Media, LLC is an American film and video production company operated by independent filmmakers Mike Stoklasa (formerly of GMP Pictures) and Jay Bauman (formerly of Blanc Screen Cinema). It was formed by Stoklasa in 2004 while he was li ...

* Kasper Tuxen * Susan Youssef *

Danfung Dennis Danfung Dennis is a still photographer and documentary film maker. He graduated from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His images have been published in ''Newsweek'', ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Washing ...

* Arielle Javitch * Matt Porterfield * Adam Bowers

2011

* Alrick Brown * Joe Nicolosi * Alma Har’el * Kitao Sakurai * David Lowery * Eddie Alcazar * Yance Ford * Laura Israel * Everynone * Panos Cosmatos * Sophia Takal * Brent Bonacorso * Mark Jackson *

Kirby Ferguson Kirby Ferguson is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and speaker whose work covers creative works and popular culture; particularly remix culture. He is best known for his documentary series ''Everything is a Remix'' and ''This is Not a Conspiracy The ...

Damon Russell Damon Russell is a producer and director of television series and films. On June 29, 2016, Russell was inducted as a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Filmography * In 2005 Russell produced two episodes of ''Made'', a ...

Gingger Shankar Gingger Shankar is an American singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. She has scored several films, including '' Circumstance''. Early life Shankar was born in Los Angeles, California and raised there and in India. She is the eldest daugh ...

* Brent Hoff * Sheldon Candis * Carlen Altman * Rola Nashef * Alison Klayman * Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia * Rob Hauer * Dean Fleischer-Camp & Jenny Slate * Andrew S. Allen & Jason Sondhi

2012

Desiree Akhavan Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut '' Appropriate Behavior'',Ryan Coogler * Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari * Chris Dapkins * Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall * Hannah Fidell * Julia Garner * Ian Harnarine *

Cutter Hodierne Cutter Shepard Hodierne (born October 27, 1986) is an American filmmaker best known for winning the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for his short film, '' Fishing Without Nets'', and for winning the Directing Award at the 2014 ...

Alexa Karolinski Alexa Karolinski (born 1984) is a German writer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. She is the creator of the television drama '' Unorthodox'' (2020). Filmmaking career Alexa received an MFA ...

Penny Lane "Penny Lane" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Strawberry Fields Forever". It was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwr ...

and Brian Frye *

Jillian Mayer Jillian Mayer (born June 24, 1984) is a visual performance artist and filmmaker. She was born in Miami and is based there today. Mayer's video works and performances have been displayed at galleries and museums internationally and film festivals ...

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Lucas Leyva Lucas Leyva (born October 25, 1986) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed multiple acclaimed short films (often in collaboration with visual artist Jillian Mayer), as well as several music videos for band ...

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Patrick Wang Patrick Wang is an American writer, economist, director, and actor. His first feature film, the acclaimed hit Independent film, indie film ''In the Family (2011 film), In the Family'', was released in 2011. He later directed the acclaimed two-part ...

* Treva Wurmfeld

2013

* Scott Blake * Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliff * Emily Carmichael * Josephine Decker * Anahita Ghazvinizadeh * Mohammad Gorjestani * Daniel Hart * Eliza Hittman * Boyd Holbrook * Lou Howe *

Andrew Thomas Huang Andrew Thomas Huang is a Chinese-American visual artist and film director known for his music videos for artists Björk, FKA twigs and Atoms for Peace. In 2019, Huang was nominated for a Grammy for his music video for FKA twigs - "Cellophane." ...

* Elaine McMillion * Jason Osder * Andrew Droz Palermo * Iva Radivojevic * Nandan Rao * Rodrigo Reyes * Anna Sandilands and Ewan McNico * Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld * Leah Shore * Andrea Sisson and Pete Ohs * Jeremy Teicher * Michael Tyburski and Ben Nabors *

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Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao, born Zhao Ting (, born 31 March 1982), is a Chinese filmmaker, known primarily for her work on independent films. Zhao's debut feature film, ''Songs My Brothers Taught Me'' (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical a ...

2014

* Joe Callander * Frances Bodomo *

Robert Eggers Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, director, and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films ''The Witch (2015 film), The Witch'' (2015) and ''The Lighthouse (2019 f ...

Jodie Mack Jodie Mack (born January 16, 1983, in London, England) is an English-born American experimental filmmaker and animator. She attended the University of Florida and earned her MFA in film, video, and new media at the School of the Art Institute of ...

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and Christopher LaMarca * Bernardo Britto * Jamey Phillips * Scott Cummings * Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell * Kogonada * Josef Wladyka and Alan Blanco * Annie Silverstein * Matt Sobel * Gina Telaroli *

Ana Lily Amirpour Ana Lily Amirpour ( fa, آنا لیلی امیرپور) is a British-born American film director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her Directorial debut, feature film debut ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'', self-descr ...

* Janicza Bravo * Lily Henderson * Nicole Riegel * Sean Porter * Darius Clark Monroe * Rich Vreeland * Charlotte Glynn * Heidi Saman *

Dustin Guy Defa Dustin Guy Defa is an American independent filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing the feature films '' Bad Fever'' and ''Person to Person'' and writing the screenplay for ''The Mountain''. Early life Dustin Guy Defa was born in S ...

* Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn

2015

* Elizabeth Lo *

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* Andrew Hasse and Megan Brooks *

Trey Edward Shults Trey Edward Shults (born October 6, 1988) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is best known as the director and writer of the drama film, drama ''Krisha'' (2015), the psychological horror film ''It Comes at Night'' (201 ...

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* Pia Borg and Edward Lawrenson * Pippa Bianco * Ian Samuels * Cecilia Aldarondo *

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* Ted Fendt * Britni West * Nick Berardini and Jamie Gonçalves * RaMell Ross *

Tayarisha Poe Tayarisha Poe is an American writer and director. Her directorial debut feature film ''Selah and the Spades'' won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival. Life and career Poe was raised in West Philadelphia. She receiv ...

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* Viktor Jakovleski * Celia Rowlson-Hall *

Jimmie Fails Jimmie Fails (born November 10, 1994) is an American actor. His feature film debut was the titular role in the semi-autobiographical movie ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019). Life and career Fails was born and raised in San Francisc ...

and Joe Talbot * Shevaun Mizrahi * Juan Pablo Gonzalez * Jack Dunphy *

Anthony Onah Anthony Onah (born February 10, 1983) is an Nigerian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his debut feature, '' The Price'' (2017), which premiered at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it was no ...

* The Daniels * Zia Anger

2016

* Sasha Lane * Tom Rosenberg * Ricardo Gaona * Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan * Livia Ungur and Sherng-Lee Huang * Amman Abbasi * T. W. Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris * Jess dela Merced * Jerónimo Rodríguez * Graham Swon * Katy Grannan * Sonia Kennebeck *

Sabaah Folayan Sabaah Folayan is an American filmmaker and activist. Her debut documentary feature, ''Whose Streets?'', on the 2014 Ferguson protests, premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Early life Raised by her mother, musician and ...

and Damon Davis * MEMORY * Connor Jessup * Shawn Peters * John Wilson * James N. Kienitz Wilkins * Macon Blair * New Media Ltd. * Brian McOmber * Destini Riley and Nicholas Pilarski * Ben Petrie

2017

* Laura Moss * Robin Comisar * Andrew Fitzgerald * Ricky D'Ambrose * Sam Kuhn * Carmine Grimaldi * Nellie Kluz * Nilja Mu'min * Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll * Elan and Jonathan Bogarin * Alexa Lim Haas * Celine Held and Logan George * Liza Mandleup * Cirocco Dunlap * Ana Maria Vijdea * Beth de Araújo * Jonathan Olshefski * Nabil Elderkin *

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* Ilana Coleman * Rachel Wolther and Alex H. Fischer * Sofía Subercaseaux *

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* Ja'Tovia Gary

2018

Charlotte Wells Charlotte Wells (born ) is a Scottish director, writer, and producer. She is known for her feature film debut '' Aftersun'' (2022), for which she received a number of accolades, including Gotham and British Independent Film Awards. Early life ...

* Mariama Diallo *

Daniel Goldhaber Daniel Goldhaber is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2018, he directed ''Cam'', a psychological horror film set in the world of webcam pornography. In 2022, he co-wrote, directed, and produced the thriller film ''How to Blow ...

Isa Mazzei Isa Mazzei is an American screenwriter, author, and film producer. She wrote and produced Blumhouse's ''CAM'', a psychological thriller on Netflix starring Madeline Brewer. She is also the author of ''CAMGIRL'', a memoir from Rare Bird Books. E ...

* Helena Howard * Kamau Bilal * Richard Van * Means of Production * Paloma Martinez * Carey Williams * Aymar Jean Christian * Marnie Ellen Hertzler * Assia Boundaoui * Miko Revereza * Brad Bischoff * Hannah Peterson * Sebastián Pinzón Silva * Jomo Fray * Andrew Bruntel * Alison Nguyen *

Sky Hopinka Sky Hopinka (born 1984) is a Native American visual artist and filmmaker who is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño people. Hopinka was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Grant in 2022. Early life and ...

* Z Behl * Crystal Kayiza * Melika Bass * Meredith Zielke & Yoni Goldstein * Channing Godfrey Peoples

2019

* Micaela Durand and Daniel Chew * Sephora Woldu * Andrew Patterson * Deniz Tortum * Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan * Alison O'Daniel * Diana Peralta * Lance Oppenheim * Matthew Puccini * Meghan Fredrich * A.V. Rockwell *

Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. (born 1989) is an American and Ojibwe filmmaker from the Bad River Reservation in Wisconsin. His debut feature, ''Wild Indian'' (2021), was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. ...

* Bo McGuire * Courtney Stephens * Sudarshan Suresh * Norbert Shieh * Michaela Olsen * Todd Chandler *

Jessica Dunn Rovinelli Jessica Dunn Rovinelli (born March 16, 1988) is an American trans filmmaker, editor, colorist and critic. Rovinelli is known for her 2016 and 2019 feature films titled '' So Pretty'' and ''Empathy'' which explore sexuality Human sexuality is t ...

* Haley Elizabeth Anderson * Barbara Cigarroa * Carlo Mirabella-Davis * Courtney and Hillary Andujar * Faren Humes * Billy Chew

2020

* Julia Mellen * Daniel Hymanson * Jeannie Nguyen * Ephraim Asili * Tayler Montague * Daniel Antebi * Keisha Rae Witherspoon * Nadav Kurtz *

Isidore Bethel Isidore Bethel is a French-American filmmaker whom ''Filmmaker'' named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020. The films he edits, directs, and produces use filmmaking to make sense of overwhelming experiences and touch on recurr ...

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* Merawi Gerima * Orian Barki and

Meriem Bennani Meriem Bennani (born 1988) is a Moroccan artist currently based in New York. Biography Bennani was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco. She earned a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2012, and an MFA from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts D� ...

* Hayley Garrigus * Iliana Sosa * Victoria Rivera * Christine Haroutounian * Joie Estrella Horwitz * Neo Sora * Darcy McKinnon *

Emma Seligman Emma Seligman (born May 3, 1995) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for their feature directorial debut '' Shiva Baby'' (2020). Career As a teenager, Emma Seligman contributed film reviews to ''The Huffington Post''. They st ...

* Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich * Moara Passoni *

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* Rajee Samarasinghe * Joseph Sackett

2021

* Fox Maxy * Rebecca Adorno * Daniel Garber * Faye Ruiz * Jude Chehab * Omnes Films * Jason Park * Frederic Da * Suneil Sanzgiri * Annalise Lockhart * Nate Dorr & Nathan Kensinger * Anthony Banua-Simon * Karishma Dube * Michelle Uranowitz & Daniel Jaffe * Naz Riahi * Meg Smaker * Ramzi Bashour * Wang Qiong *

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* Isabel Castro * Sushma Khadepaun * Jordan Lord * Nira Burstein * Kate Gondwe * Jazmin Jones

2022

* Xenia Matthews * Erin Johnson * Ellie Foumbi *

Ariela Barer Ariela Barer (born ) is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu original series '' Runaways''. Early life Barer's parents are Mexican-born Jews. Her sister is Libe Barer, who is also an actress. Career A ...

* Elizabeth Nichols * Sam Max * Chenliang Zhu * Gabriela Ortega * Antonio Marziale *

Tina Satter Kristina "Tina" Satter (born 1974) is an American filmmaker, playwright, and director based in New York City. She is the founder and artistic director of the theater company Half Straddle, which formed in 2008 and received an Obie Award grant ...

* Jorge Sistos * Lucy Kerr * Alec Moeller * Michele Mansoor * Ash Goh Hua * Darol Olu Kae * Georden West * Edy Modica * Walter Thompson-Hernández * Tij D'oyen * Franklin Ritch * Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan * Zandashé Brown * Alex Morelli * Jordan Strafer

2023

* Dwayne LeBlanc * Abby Harri * Zachary Epcar * John Rosman * Nyala Moon * Sue Ding & Sarah Garrahan * Craig Quintero * Wes Goodrich * Sarah Friedland * Jess X. Snow *

Alex Prager Alex Prager (born 1979) is an American photographer and filmmaker, based in Los Angeles. She makes staged color photographs.Johnson, Ken (March 19, 2010) ''The New York Times''. Early life Prager was born in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. She dropped ...

* Daniel Chein * Maegan Houang * Faye Tsakas * Philip Thompson * Kayla Abuda Galang * Dustin Waldman * Jane M. Wagner * Samm Hodges * Rachel Walden * Aurora Brachman * Ben Brewer * Juliana Barreto Barreto * Mackie Mallison * Rashad Frett

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