Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Gotham Film & Media Institute
First awarded1991
Currently held byA. V. Rockwell for A Thousand and One (2023)
Websiteawards.thegotham.org

The Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and honors feature film directorial debuts. Named after Bingham Ray since 2013,[1][2] the breakthrough director award was first given in 1991 as the Open Palm Award, with Jennie Livingston being the first recipient of the award, for her work in Paris Is Burning. From 1991 to 1996 only the winner was announced, since 1997, a set of 5 to 6 nominees is presented annually.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
1991 Jennie Livingston Paris Is Burning [3]
1992 Tom Kalin Swoon [4]
1993 Leslie Harris Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. [5]
1994 Rose Troche Go Fish [6]
1995 Rebecca Miller Angela [7]
1996 Lisa Krueger Manny & Lo [8]
1997 Macky Alston Family Name [9]
Morgan J. Freeman Hurricane Streets
John O'Hagan Wonderland
Ira Sachs The Delta
Alex Sichel All Over Me
1998 Darren Aronofsky Pi [10]
Lisa Cholodenko High Art
Chris Eyre Smoke Signals
Vincent Gallo Buffalo '66
Harmony Korine Gummo
1999 David Riker The City [11]
Tim Kirkman Dear Jesse
Eric Mendelsohn Judy Berlin
Mark Polish and Michael Polish Twin Falls Idaho
Frank Whaley Joe the King

2000s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2000 Karyn Kusama Girlfight [12]
Bruno de Almeida On the Run
Myles Connell The Opportunists
Tom Gilroy Spring Forward
Kenneth Lonergan You Can Count on Me
2001 Henry Bean The Believer [13]
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Michael Cuesta L.I.E.
Daniel Minahan Series 7: The Contenders
Randy Redroad The Doe Boy
David Wain Wet Hot American Summer
2002 Eric Eason Manito [14]
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan Face
Ethan Hawke Chelsea Walls
Moisés Kaufman The Laramie Project
Peter Mattei Love in the Time of Money
Fisher Stevens Just a Kiss
2003 Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini American Splendor [15]
Alfredo De Villa Washington Heights
Peter Hedges Pieces of April
Dylan Kidd Roger Dodger
Tom McCarthy The Station Agent
Peter Sollett Raising Victor Vargas
2004 Joshua Marston Maria Full of Grace [16]
Rodney Evans Brother to Brother
Debra Granik Down to the Bone
Nicole Kassell The Woodsman
Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik On the Outs
2005 Bennett Miller Capote [17]
Miranda July Me and You and Everyone We Know
Phil Morrison Junebug
Andrew Wagner The Talent Given Us
Alice Wu Saving Face
2006 Ryan Fleck Half Nelson [18]
Ramin Bahrani Man Push Cart
Laurie Collyer Sherrybaby
So Yong Kim In Between Days
James Marsh The King
2007 Craig Zobel Great World of Sound [19]
Lee Isaac Chung Munyurangabo
Stephane Gauger Owl and the Sparrow
Julia Loktev Day Night Day Night
David Von Ancken Seraphim Falls
2008 Lance Hammer Ballast [20]
Antonio Campos Afterschool
Dennis Dortch A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy
Barry Jenkins Medicine for Melancholy
Alex Rivera Sleep Dealer
2009 Robert D. Siegel Big Fan [21]
Cruz Angeles Don't Let Me Drown
Frazer Bradshaw Everything Strange and New
Noah Buschel The Missing Person
Derick Martini Lymelife

2010s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2010 Kevin Asch Holy Rollers [22]
Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa I Love You Phillip Morris
Tanya Hamilton Night Catches Us
John Wells The Company Men
2011 Dee Rees Pariah [23]
Mike Cahill Another Earth
Sean Durkin Martha Marcy May Marlene
Vera Farmiga Higher Ground
Evan Glodell Bellflower
2012 Benh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild [24]
[25]
Zal Batmanglij Sound of My Voice
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky Francine
Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin Now, Forager
Antonio Méndez Esparza Aquí y allá
2013 Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station [26]
Adam Leon Gimme the Loot
Alexandre Moors Blue Caprice
Stacie Passon Concussion
Amy Seimetz Sun Don't Shine
2014 Ana Lily Amirpour A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [27]
James Ward Byrkit Coherence
Dan Gilroy Nightcrawler
Eliza Hittman It Felt Like Love
Justin Simien Dear White People
2015 Jonas Carpignano Mediterranea [28]
Desiree Akhavan Appropriate Behavior
Marielle Heller The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary The Mend
Josh Mond James White
2016 Trey Edward Shults Krisha [29]
Robert Eggers The Witch
Anna Rose Holmer The Fits
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Swiss Army Man
Richard Tanne Southside with You
2017 Jordan Peele Get Out [30]
Maggie Betts Novitiate
Greta Gerwig Lady Bird
Kogonada Columbus
Joshua Z Weinstein Menashe
2018 Bo Burnham Eighth Grade [31]
Ari Aster Hereditary
Jennifer Fox The Tale
Crystal Moselle Skate Kitchen
Boots Riley Sorry to Bother You
2019 Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre The Mustang [32]
Kent Jones Diane
Joe Talbot The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Olivia Wilde Booksmart
Phillip Youmans Burning Cane

2020s

Year Director(s) Film Ref.
2020 Andrew Patterson The Vast of Night [33]
Radha Blank The Forty-Year-Old Version
Channing Godfrey Peoples Miss Juneteenth
Carlo Mirabella-Davis Swallow
Alex Thompson Saint Frances
2021 Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter [34][35]
Shatara Michelle Ford Test Pattern
Rebecca Hall Passing
Edson Oda Nine Days
Emma Seligman Shiva Baby
2022 Charlotte Wells Aftersun [36]
Elegance Bratton The Inspection
Beth de Araújo Soft & Quiet
Owen Kline Funny Pages
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Murina
Jane Schoenbrun We're All Going to the World's Fair
2023 A. V. Rockwell A Thousand and One [37]
Michelle Garza Cervera Huesera: The Bone Woman
Raven Jackson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Georgia Oakley Blue Jean
Celine Song Past Lives

See also

References

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