''Filmmaker'' is a quarterly publication

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

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 film production, produced outside the Major film studios, major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independ ...

. 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 manag ...

, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. 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 fi ...

), which acts in the independent film community.

Background

The magazine was launched in 1992, as a merger between the two magazines run by IFP (The Off-Hollywood Report, 1986-1992) and IFP/West ("Montage: the Unruly Magazine of Independent Film.") 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. It has been printed on a regularly quarterly schedule, only missing one print release in the summer of 2020 during the global pandemic, instead releasing this issue by PDF.

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. His work includes both independent films and major studio features, and his accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a ...

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. He 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, and Hercules.Truitt, Brian ...

Oren Peli Oren Peli (; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the 2007 horror film ''Paranormal Activity''. He acted as producer on subsequent Paranormal Activity (franchise), films in the franchise, as well a ...

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

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

Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass Jr. (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor, and author widely known for his films ''The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and '' Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger br ...

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, for which they wrote and directed ''The ...

Zoe Kazan Zoe Swicord Kazan (; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and writer. She has acted in films such as '' The Savages'' (2007), '' Revolutionary Road'' (2008), and '' It's Complicated'' (2009). She starred in '' Happythankyoumoreplease'' ...

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

Rooney Mara Rooney Mara Phoenix ( ; born Patricia Rooney Mara; April 17, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born into the Rooney and Mara fam ...

Azazel Jacobs Azazel Jacobs (born September 27, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature films include '' The GoodTimesKid'' (2005), ''Terri'' (2011), ''The Lovers'' (2017), '' French Exit'' (2020), and ''His Three Daughters'' (2023). ...

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, producer, and activist. He is known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his outspoken work as an activist for LGBTQ righ ...

, 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'' (19 ...

List of issues

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

Sources:

1998

Lance Acord Lance Acord is an American cinematographer and film director. He is best known for his work on the films, '' Buffalo '66'' (1998), ''Being John Malkovich'' (1999), ''Adaptation'' (2002), and ''Lost in Translation'' (2003). Early life Acord ...

Peter Sarsgaard John Peter Sarsgaard (; born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television. He made his film debut with '' Dead Man W ...

Jamie Babbit Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' (1999), '' The Quiet'' (2005), and '' Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' (2007). She has also directed ep ...

* David Birdsell *

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

* Hilary Brougher * P. David Ebersole * Christina Ray Eichman * Matthew Irving * Mary Kuryla * Craig Marsden * Sanjay Mishra * David Munro *

Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorpo ...

* Benita Raphan * Tami Reiker * Greg Sax * Shudder to Think * Elizabeth Schub *

Cauleen Smith Cauleen Smith (born September 25, 1967) is an American born filmmaker and multimedia artist. She is best known for her feature film '' Drylongso'' and her experimental works that address the African-American identity, specifically the issues fa ...

* Amy Talkington *

Amy Vincent Amy Vincent (born 1959) is an American cinematographer who has been a member of the A.S.C. since 2002. She won the Excellence in Cinematography award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival for her work on ''Hustle and Flow''. On March 3, 2024, Vincen ...

* Lisa Wiegand * Yvonne Welbon *

Jessica Yu Jessica Yu ( zh, c=虞琳敏, p=Yú Línmǐn) is an American director, writer, producer, and film editor. She has directed documentary films, dramatic films, and television shows. Yu won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject ...

1999

Janet McTeer Janet McTeer (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has r ...

Matthew Libatique Matthew José Libatique (born July 19, 1968) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on the films '' Pi'' (1998), '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), '' The Fountain'' (2006), ''Black S ...

* 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 ...

* 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 *

Karyn Kusama Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film ''Girlfight'' (2000), for which she won Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival an ...

* 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 York ...

Kurt Kuenne Kurt Kuenne (born October 24, 1973) is an American filmmaker and composer. He has directed a number of short and feature films, including ''Rent-a-Person'', the YouTube film ''Validation'', described as "a romantic epic in miniature", and the do ...

* Heidi Van Lier * Jennifer Gentile *

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

* Tom Hodges * Jonathan Weiss

2000

Tim Orr Tim Orr (born 1968) is an American cinematographer, graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998. He is known mostly for his work with director David Gordon Green. Filmography Film Television Awards Stockholm Film Festival B ...

* Alex Rivera * Tatia Rosenthal *

Michael Pitt Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. In film, he has appeared in ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001), ''Bully (2001 film), Bully'' (2001), ''Murder by Numbers'' ...

* 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 sta ...

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 and education Sollett was born on Janua ...

& Eva Vives * Cintra Wilson * David Kartch * Anthony Hardwick * Marlene Rhein * Cinque Northern * Rolf Gibbs * Laura Colella * 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 a Polish-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 (film), Pâté'' premiered at th ...

* 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 (film), It's Such a Beautiful Day'', the ...

* Paul Harrill * Bradley Beesley *

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

* Eric Deutschman * Mike Jones * Nicholas Hay *

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

* 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 *

Scott Coffey Scott Coffey (born Thomas Scott Coffey; May 1, 1964) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His film credits include ''Shag'', '' Some Kind of Wonderful'', ''Dream Lover'', and ''Mulholland Drive''. He directed the films '' E ...

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 Daniel Junge (born October 7, 1969) is an American documentary filmmaker. On February 26, 2012, he won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for the film '' Saving Face'', which he co-directed along with Pakistani filmmaker Sha ...

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger is an Americans, American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary ''Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama ''The Illusionist (2006 film), The Illusionist'' (2006), ''Limitless (film), Limitless'' (2011 ...

* Divya Srinivasan * Josslyn Luckett * Lisa Collins *

Craig Brewer Craig Houston Brewer (born December 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker. His 2005 movie '' Hustle & Flow'' won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original So ...

* 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 Pa ...

* Davidson Cole

2003

* Tasha Oldham * Jesse Moss *

Steven Tsuchida Steven K. Tsuchida is an American film and television director. He has directed episodes of ''The Sarah Silverman Program'', '' Younger'', ''Community'', ''Dear White People'', and the award-winning short film '' A Ninja Pays Half My Rent''. ''A ...

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 screen ...

* Adam Bhala Lough * 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'', sh ...

* Irene Lusztig * David Russo * Ghazi Albuliwi *

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 his films ''Mean Creek'', ''The Details (film), The Details'' and Don't Let Go (2019 film), ''Don't Let Go''. Career Estes was a theatre major at ...

Marcelo Zarvos Marcelo Uchoa Zarvos is a Brazilian pianist and film composer. Early life Zarvos was born in São Paulo. He began in classical music in his teens and studied at the Berklee College of Music. He later attended the California Institute of the Arts ...

* 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 Ukrainians, Ukrainian and Indian people, Indian descent. Parekh went to high school in Min ...

* 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 (born 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced both Off-Broadway and on ...

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

Annemarie Jacir Annemarie Jacir () is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaking Jacir received an MFA from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 2002. She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directe ...

* Kulture Machine *

Lou Taylor Pucci Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's '' Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in '' Thumbsucker'' (2005), for which he won a Spec ...

2005

* Brent Green *

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ( ; born ) is an American documentary filmmaker. She was the director, along with her husband, Jimmy Chin, for the film ''Free Solo'', which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film profiled Ale ...

Cary Joji Fukunaga Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. A director of TV and film, he first came to wide prominence by directing the first season of the HBO series ''True Detective'' (2014). He is known for directing critically acclai ...

* Opa Joe Sampson * Kyle Henry *

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 * 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,'' the 2011 Disney Channel original film '' Lemonade Mouth,'' and the 2025 Amazon Prime action thriller film ...

* Jake Mahaffy * Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon * Victor Buhler *

Don Handfield Don Handfield is an American filmmaker, author, and producer. Education and acting career Handfield studied theater and film at Ohio State University, graduating with a degree in journalism in 1993. His first job in media was as a production assi ...

* 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 (film), Arbitrage''. Early life Jarecki was born on June 25, 1979, in New York City, to Henry Jarecki and ...

Rachel Grady Rachel Grady is an American documentary filmmaker. She co-directed ''Jesus Camp'' (Academy Award nominee), ''The Boys of Baraka'' (Emmy nominee), ''12th & Delaware'' (Peabody Award winner), ''Detropia, DETROPIA'' (Emmy winner), ''Norman Lear: ...

Heidi Ewing Heidi Ewing is an American documentary filmmaker and the co-director of ''Jesus Camp'', ''The Boys of Baraka'', ''12th & Delaware'', ''Detropia, DETROPIA'', ''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You'', ''One of Us (2017 film), One of U ...

* Oliver Cheetham * Lori Silverbush & Michael Skolnik * Joby Harold * Chase Palmer *

Marshall Curry Marshall Curry (born ) is an American documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor. His films include '' Street Fight'', '' Racing Dreams'', '' If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'', ''Point and Shoot'', and '' ...

2006

Olivia Thirlby Olivia Jo Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the comedy-drama film '' Juno'' (2007),Louie, Rebecca (June 28, 2008).Olivia Thirlby is smoking in 'The Wackness'". '' Daily News''. Retr ...

* 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 ...

So Yong Kim So Yong Kim (born 1968) is an 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 Art ...

* Scott Z. Burns * 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), '' Jamie Marks Is Dead'' (2014) and ''Swallowed'' (2022). Life and career A native of Bowdoi ...

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 Winnip ...

* Michele Civetta * Esther Robinson *

Alex Karpovsky Alexander Karpovsky (born September 23, 1975) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. He is best known for his role as Raymond "Ray" Ploshansky on the HBO comedy drama series '' Girls'' (2012–17), for which he wa ...

* 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 PJ Raval is a queer first-generation Filipinos, Filipino-United States, American filmmaker known for his documentary films about underrepresented subcultures and identities within the LGBT community, LGBTQ+ community. Raval is a Guggenheim Fell ...

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 Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

& 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 ...

* Hope Dickson Leach * Ronald Bronstein * Vineet Dewan * Georgina Lightning * Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky *

Jess Weixler Jessica Weixler (born June 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy '' The Big Bad Swim'' and played the role of defense lawyer for Lyle Menendez in the Netflix series ...

* Alex Holdridge *

Stephane Gauger Stephane Gauger (August 30, 1969 – January 11, 2018) was a Vietnamese-born American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Biography Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, South Vietnam to an American civilian contractor and his Vietnamese ...

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 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 Inde ...

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 '' ...

* 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 film), Pariah'' (2011), ''Bessie (film), Bessie'' (2015), ''Mudbound (film), Mudbound'' (2017), and ''The Last Thing ...

Aasif Mandvi Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, known professionally as Aasif Mandvi (, ), is an English–American actor, comedian and writer. He was a List of The Daily Show correspondents, correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' from 2006 to 2017. Mandvi's other televis ...

* David & Nathan Zellner * Eric Latek *

Julia Leigh Julia Leigh (born 1970) is an Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter. In 2011 her debut feature film'' Sleeping Beauty'' was selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. She is an author of two award-winn ...

Benh Zeitlin Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (; born October 14, 1982) is an American filmmaker, best known for directing and co-writing the 2012 film ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', for which he received two Academy Award nominations. Early life Zeitlin was born i ...

2009

* Ian Olds * Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal *

Nat Sanders Nathaniel 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'' (2016 ...

Jessica Oreck Jessica Oreck is an American naturalist and documentary filmmaker. She studied filmmaking, and biology in school and then she started working at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. After some time she established the one-person Myria ...

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 (film), Blue Valentine'' (2010), ''The Place Beyond the P ...

* 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 the films '' Selma'', ''A Most Violent Year'' (both 2014), '' Arrival'' (2016)—which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award ...

* Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher * Paola Mendoza *

Destin Daniel Cretton Destin Yori Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the drama films ''Short Term 12'' (2013), ''The Glass Castle (2017 film), The Glass Castle'' (2017), ''Just Mercy'' (2019) as well as the Marvel Studios film ''S ...

* Morgan Jon Fox * 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 (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 * Jason Byrne * Trieste Kelly Dunn *

Sean Durkin Timothy Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Durkin is known for directing the critically acclaimed independent films ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011), ''The Nest (2020 film), Th ...

* Rebecca Richman Cohen *

Julius Onah Julius Onah (born February 10, 1983) is a Nigerian-American filmmaker.
He has direct ...

* Zac Stuart-Pontier * Holden Abigail Osborne * David Wilson *

Radical Friend Radical Friend is an American directing duo consisting of filmmakers Julia Grigorian and Kirby McClure. They are known for creating music videos for artists Yeasayer, Skrillex, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and H09909. Grigorian and McClure met and ...

(Kirby McClure & Julia Grigorian) * Marc Fratello * Brent Stewart * Jade Healy * Sultan Sharrief * Mike Stoklasa * 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 Washin ...

* 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 Jenny Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. After early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for co-creating the children's ...

* Andrew S. Allen & Jason Sondhi

2012

* Desiree Akhavan and Ingrid Jungermann * Jonas Carpignano * Ian Clark *

Ryan Coogler Ryan Coogler (born May 23, 1986) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is a recipient of ten NAACP Image Awards and four Black Reel Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe ...

* 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''.Malika Zouhali-Worrall * Hannah Fidell *

Julia Garner Julia Garner (born February 1, 1994) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series ''Ozark'' (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awar ...

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

* Cutter Hodierne * Alexa Karolinski *

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

and Brian Frye * Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva * Omar Mullick and

Bassam Tariq Bassam Tariq (born October 22, 1986) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter born in Karachi, Pakistan. He co-directed and produced the Sundance-funded documentary '' These Birds Walk'' (2013) with Omar Mullick, and he was named ...

* Terence Nance * ornana * 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 Josephine Decker (born April 2, 1981) is an English–born American filmmaker. Films she has directed include '' Butter on the Latch'' (2013), '' Thou Wast Mild and Lovely'' (2014), '' Madeline's Madeline'' (2018), '' Shirley'' (2020), and '' Th ...

* Anahita Ghazvinizadeh * Mohammad Gorjestani * Daniel Hart * Eliza Hittman *

Boyd Holbrook Robert Boyd Holbrook (born September 1, 1981) is an American actor. He has starred in the Netflix series ''Narcos'' (2015–2016) as DEA agent Steve Murphy and '' The Sandman'' (2022–) as the Corinthian, as well as in the History miniseries ...

* Lou Howe * Andrew Thomas Huang * 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 Michael Tyburski (born August 8, 1984) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for directing The Sound of Silence (2019 film), ''The Sound of Silence'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Early life Tyburski was b ...

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 Chloé Zhao (born Zhao Ting; 31 March 1982) is a Chinese-born filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. Zhao is the second of three women to win the Academy Award for Best Director for her film Nomadland. '' Songs ...

2014

* Joe Callander * Frances Bodomo *

Robert Eggers Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker who has written and directed '' The Witch'' (2015), '' The Lighthouse'' (2019), '' The Northman'' (2022), and ''Nosferatu'' (2024). His films blend elements of horror, folklore, ...

* Jodie Mack * Jessica Dimmock 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 (;, is an American filmmaker of Iranian descent. She is best known for her feature film debut '' A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'', promoted as "the first Iranian vampire western," which made its debut at the Sundance Film Fes ...

Janicza Bravo Janicza Bravo () is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Her films include '' Gregory Go Boom'', a winner of the short-film jury award at the Sundance Film Festival; ''Lemon'', co-written with Brett Gelman; and '' Zola'', c ...

* 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 Reinaldo Marcus Green (born December 16, 1981) is an American director, producer and writer. His films include ''Monsters and Men'' (2018), '' Joe Bell'' (2020), and '' Bob Marley: One Love'' (2024). His 2021 film ''King Richard'' was nominated f ...

* Andrew Hasse and Megan Brooks * Trey Edward Shults * Khalik Allah * 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 Celia Rowlson-Hall is an American dancer, choreographer, and film director. She has choreographed numerous music videos and commercials, and has directed several short films. Her debut feature film, ''MA'', was released in 2015. Early life Rowls ...

* Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot * Shevaun Mizrahi * Juan Pablo Gonzalez * Jack Dunphy * Anthony Onah *

The Daniels Daniel Kwan (born February 10, 1988) and Daniel Scheinert (born June 7, 1987), known collectively as the Daniels, are an American filmmaking duo. They began their career as directors of music videos, including ones for "Houdini (Foster the Peopl ...

* Zia Anger

2016

Sasha Lane Sasha Bianca Lane (born September 29, 1995) is an American actress. She made her film debut in '' American Honey'' (2016), directed by Andrea Arnold, before portraying Hunter C-20 in the first season of the Disney+ television series ''Loki'', s ...

* 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 Macon Blair (born 1974) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comic book writer and actor known for his roles in the films '' Blue Ruin'' (2013) and ''Green Room'' (2015), as well as his directorial debut ''I Don't Feel at Home i ...

* 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 (born February 11, 1982) 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 ...

Jessica Kingdon Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese Americans, Chinese American director and producer. She was nominated for the 2022 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing the documentary Ascension (film), ''Ascension''. Career Kingdon received her ...

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

2018

* Charlotte Wells * Mariama Diallo *

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

& 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 * 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 * 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 filmmaker, editor, colorist and critic. Rovinelli is known for her 2016 and 2019 feature films titled ''So Pretty (film), So Pretty'' and ''Empathy (film), Empathy'' which explore Human s ...

* 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 Ephraim Asili is an American filmmaker. Biography Asili grew up in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. He became involved with MOVE and took interest in filmmaking after the production of a 2004 documentary about the organization. He studied film at Temple Un ...

* Tayler Montague * Daniel Antebi * Keisha Rae Witherspoon * Nadav Kurtz *

Isidore Bethel Isidore Bethel is a French- American filmmaker who was among ''Filmmakers "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020 and DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" in 2023. The films he edits, directs, and produces use filmmaking to make sense of overwhelming ...

* Shabier Kirchner * Merawi Gerima * Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani * 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. She is best known for the films ''Shiva Baby'' (2020) and ''Bottoms (film), Bottoms'' (2023). Early life and education Seligman was born on May 3, 1995, in Toronto ...

* Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich * Moara Passoni * Nikyatu Jusu * 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 * Andrew Norman Wilson * Isabel Castro * Sushma Khadepaun * Jordan Lord * Nira Burstein * Kate Gondwe * Jazmin Jones

2022

* Xenia Matthews * Erin Johnson * Ellie Foumbi *

Ariela Barer Ariela Barer is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Gert Yorkes in the Hulu series '' Runaways'', Ziggy in the ABC series ''Rebel'', and Xochitl in the 2022 film '' How to Blow Up a Pipeline''. Barer portrays Mel in the HBO ...

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

Tina Satter Kristina "Tina" Satter 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 in 2013. Sat ...

* 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 * 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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