''Filmmaker'' is a quarterly publication magazine 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, Scott Macaulay and

Holly Willis Holly Willis is a Professor and Chair of the Media Arts and Practice division in the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Previously, she served as Associate Dean of Research and Founding Chair of Media Arts and Practice, as well as Director of Academ ...

. The magazine is now published by the IFP (

Independent Filmmaker Project The Gotham Film & Media Institute (also simply the Gotham), formerly known as the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to independent film. It offers programs that assist independent fil ...

), 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 receive ...

Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski (born April 29, 1977) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore." Life and career Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheil ...

, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck,

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'', ...

, Oren Peli,

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 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 received his bachelor's degree in ...

, Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass,

Zoe Kazan Zoe Swicord Kazan (; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She made her acting debut in the film ''Swordswallowers and Thin Men'' (2003) and later appeared in films such as '' The Savages'' (2007), '' Revo ...

Lena Dunham Lena Dunham (, born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series '' Girls'' (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations ...

Rooney Mara Patricia Rooney Mara ( ; born April 17, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, ...

, Azazel Jacobs,

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'' (2012), ''Z for Zachariah'' (2015), and '' The Hunt'' (2020). On TV he has directed episodes of ...

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 Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series '' Camp Wilder'' and made her film debut with a minor role in '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (199 ...

List of "25 New Faces of Indie Film" from 1998–2020

Sources:

1998

* Lance Acord * Peter Sarsgaard * Jamie Babbit * David Birdsell * Darren Stein * 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 * 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 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 Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961"Ms Janet McTeer, OBE"
. ''Derbrett's P ...

* Matthew Libatique * Eva Ilona Brzeski * James Chinlund *

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 indep ...

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 & 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 *

* Wash Westmoreland * Tom Hodges * Jonathan Weiss

2000

* Tim Orr * Alex Rivera * Tatia Rosenthal *

Michael Pitt Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in '' Murder by Numbers'' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003), Gus Van Sant's '' Last Days'' (2005), and ...

* Fran Krause * Kenya T. Tiller * Gary Hawkins * 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 & 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 ...

* 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 * Bradley Rust Gray

2001

* David Guion & Michael Handelman * Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo * 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 * Minh Nguyen-Vo * Eric Deutschman * Mike Jones * Nicholas Hay *

David Von Ancken David Henry Von Ancken (December 5, 1964 – July 26, 2021) was an American film, television director and screenwriter. Career He directed one feature film, the 2006 Western '' Seraphim Falls'' starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. Some of ...

* David Fickas * Todd Hughes * Zoe Poledouris * Scott Coffey

2002

* Aaron Stanford * 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 * 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 * Davidson Cole

2003

* Tasha Oldham * Jesse Moss * Steven Tsuchida * Seith Mann * Jessica Sharzer *

Adam Bhala Lough Adam Bhala Lough is an American film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker from Fairfax, Virginia. Known for his ability to authentically dramatize subcultures and popular youth cultures, several of Lough’s films have been selected ...

* Bradley Peyton * Ben Coccio * 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 ...

* Irene Lusztig * David Russo * Ghazi Albuliwi *

* Matt Goldman *

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

2004

* Jacob Aaron Estes * Marcelo Zarvos * Ryya Elias *

Andrij Parekh Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American cinematographer and television director. Early life Parekh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Ukrainian and Indian descent. Parekh went to high school in Minnesota at The Blake Scho ...

* 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 Stephen Adly Guirgis is a Pulitzer Prize Winning American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company.Blake, Leslie (Hoban)"Comin' Uptown" ''Theater ...

* Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck * Kazuo Ohno * Rania Ajami * Mario De La Vega *

Annemarie Jacir Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two o ...

* Kulture Machine * Lou Taylor Pucci

2005

* Brent Green * Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi * Cary Joji Fukunaga * Opa Joe Sampson * Kyle Henry * Keith Bearden * Rachel Boynton * Danielle Lurie * Cam Archer *

Patricia Riggen Patricia Riggen (born June 2, 1970) is a Mexican film director. She is best known for directing the 2007 film '' Under the Same Moon'' and the 2011 Disney Channel original film '' Lemonade Mouth''. Early life and career beginnings Riggen was b ...

* 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 Joby Harold is an English screenwriter, producer and director who runs Safehouse Pictures with his producing partner, Tory Tunnell. The company was co-founded in 2005. Career Harold's latest projects are the upcoming films ''Space Mountain' ...

* Chase Palmer * Marshall Curry *

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 '' Th ...

* So Yong Kim *

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 *

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 * Eunhee Cho * Neistat Brothers * Nee Brothers * Pastor Brothers * Michael Tully * Paul Soter * Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy * John Maringouin * Sameh Zaobi * Kevin Jerome Everson * Todd Rohal * PJ Raval

2007

* Moon Molson * Sophie Barthes * Daniel Barz * Jennifer Venditti * Kim Reed * Andy Blubaugh * Azazel Jacobs * 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 * Vineet Dewan * Georgina Lightning * Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky * Jess Weixler * Alex Holdridge * Stephane Gauger

2008

* Jesse Epstein * Andrew Okpeaha MacLean * Tariq Tapa * Joshua Safdie * Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman * Christina Voros * Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt * Jennifer Phang * Barry Jenkins * Shana Feste * Daniel Robin * Tom Quinn * John Magary * Oren Peli * Matt Wolf * Myna Joseph * Encyclopedia Pictura * Mark Russell * E.E. Cassidy * Dee Rees *

Aasif Mandvi Aasif Hakim Mandviwala (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Aasif Mandvi (, ), is a British-American actor, comedian and author. He was a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' from 2006 to 2017. Mandvi's other television work includes the ...

* 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 (2 ...

* Jessica Oreck *

Derek Cianfrance Derek M. Cianfrance (; born January 23, 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films '' Blue Valentine,'' '' The Place Beyond the Pines and The Light Between O ...

* Jeff Mizushima *

Lost Zombies Lost Zombies was a zombie themed social network with the goal of creating a community generated zombie Documentary film, documentary. The website, built on the Ning (website), Ning platform, launched on May 1, 2008 and was created by Ryan Leach, Sko ...

* Paula Huidobro * Steph Green * Bradford Young * 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 ...

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'' ( ...

* The Purchase Brothers * Nicole Opper * Asiel Norton * Andrew T. Betzer * Sebastián Silva * Tina Mabry * Frankie Latina *

* Geoff Marslett *

* 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''. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010. Colangelo graduated from Phillips Exete ...

* 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 stud ...

* Sean Durkin * Rebecca Richman Cohen * Julius Onah * Zac Stuart-Pontier * Holden Abigail Osborne * David Wilson * Radical Friend (Kirby McClure & Julia Grigorian) * Marc Fratello * Brent Stewart * Jade Healy * Sultan Sharrief * Mike Stoklasa * Kasper Tuxen * Susan Youssef * Danfung Dennis * 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 * Damon Russell * Gingger Shankar * 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 and Ingrid Jungermann * Jonas Carpignano * Ian Clark * Ryan Coogler * Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari * Chris Dapkins *

Katherine Fairfax Wright Katherine Fairfax Wright is an American filmmaker and documentarian, best known as co-director with Malika Zouhali-Worrall of the 2012 film ''Call Me Kuchu ''Call Me Kuchu'' is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Malika Zouhali-Worr ...

and Malika Zouhali-Worrall * Hannah Fidell * Julia Garner *

Ian Harnarine Ian Harnarine is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

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 * Penny Lane and Brian Frye * Jillian Mayer and

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 ...

* Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq * Terence Nance *

ornana Ornana (also called Ornana Films) is an American film company founded by director Danny Madden. Ornana's short film, "(notes on) biology", was nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject Award at the 39th Annie Awards and won the Jury Prize for S ...

* Julia Pott * A. G. Rojas * Kim Sherman * Jason Tippet and Elisabeth Mims * Wu Tsang * Patrick Wang * 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 Leah Shore is a Brooklyn, NY based artist, animator, and film director best known for her short films: 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection ''Meatwaffle'', 2011 and 2013 SXSW selections ''BOOBatary'' and ''Old Man'', and 2014 Slamdance Film Festi ...

* Andrea Sisson and Pete Ohs * Jeremy Teicher * Michael Tyburski and Ben Nabors *

Lauren Wolkstein Lauren Wolkstein is an American film director, writer, producer and editor. She is known for directing, writing, and editing the 2017 film '' The Strange Ones'' with Christopher Radcliff and serving on the directorial team for the third season o ...

* Chloé Zhao

2014

* Joe Callander * Frances Bodomo * Robert Eggers * Jodie Mack *

Jessica Dimmock Jessica Dimmock (born June 23, 1978) is a documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her body of work, ''The Ninth Floor'', documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years. Ed ...

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 * Janicza Bravo * Lily Henderson * Nicole Riegel * Sean Porter * Darius Clark Monroe * Rich Vreeland * Charlotte Glynn * Heidi Saman * Dustin Guy Defa * Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn

2015

* Elizabeth Lo * Reinaldo Marcus Green * 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 ''Krisha'' (2015), the psychological horror film ''It Comes at Night'' (2017), and dram ...

Khalik Allah Khalik Allah (born 1985) is an American filmmaker and photographer. His 2015 documentary film ''Field Niggas'' and his 2017 book ''Souls Against the Concrete'' depict people who inhabit the notorious Harlem corner of 125th Street (Manhattan), 125th ...

* Pia Borg and Edward Lawrenson * Pippa Bianco * Ian Samuels * Cecilia Aldarondo * Anna Rose Holmer * Ted Fendt * Britni West * Nick Berardini and Jamie Gonçalves * RaMell Ross * Tayarisha Poe * Theo Anthony * 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 Connor William Jessup (born June 23, 1994) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for his roles as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series '' Falling Skies'' (2011–2015), Taylor Blaine and Coy Henson in the A ...

* 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 Nabil Elderkin is an American-born Australian film and music video director and photographer, who is of Iranian and American descent. He is mononymously credited as Nabil in his videos. Elderkin has directed videos for musical artists such as: ...

* Jessica Kingdon * Ilana Coleman * Rachel Wolther and Alex H. Fischer * Sofía Subercaseaux * Kelvin Harrison Jr. * Ja'Tovia Gary

2018

* Charlotte Wells * Mariama Diallo * Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei * Helena Howard * Kamau Bilal * Richard Van * Means of Production * Paloma Martinez * Carey Williams * Aymar Jean Christian * Marnie Ellen Hertzler * Assia Boundaoui *

Miko Revereza Miko Revereza is an experimental filmmaker from Manila. Revereza lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant; an experience which informs his work. He holds an MFA from Bard College, but has no undergraduate degree. In 2021, he ...

* Brad Bischoff * Hannah Peterson * Sebastián Pinzón Silva * Jomo Fray * Andrew Bruntel * Alison Nguyen * Sky Hopinka * 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 Lance Oppenheim (born January 26, 1996) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and producer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His work blends cinematic genres to explore the lives of people who create homes in unconventional spaces and places. His ...

* 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 ...

Shabier Kirchner Shabier Kirchner (born 1987/1988) is an Antiguan cinematographer and director based between London, New York, and the Caribbean. He won a BAFTA for his work on Steve McQueen's five-part anthology series '' Small Axe'' (2020). Early life Kirchne ...

* 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 * Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich * Moara Passoni * Nikyatu Jusu * Rajee Samarasinghe * Joseph Sackett

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