title: Someone to Watch Award
text: # Someone to Watch Award
  
  Il Someone to Watch Award è un premio cinematografico statunitense assegnato annualmente dal 1996 nell'ambito degli Independent Spirit Awards a filmmakers indipendenti di eccezionale talento che non hanno ancora ricevuto i meritati riconoscimenti.
  
  ## Vincitori e candidati
  
  I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire gli altri candidati.
  
  ### Anni 1996-1999
  
  * 1996: Christopher Münch
     * Tim McCann
     * Jennifer Montgomery
     * Kelly Reichardt
     * Rafal Zielinski
  * 1997: Larry Fessenden - Habit
     * Joe Brewster
     * Chris Smith
  * 1998: Scott Saunders - The Headhunter's Sister
     * Tim Blake Nelson - Eye of God
     * Erin Dignam - Prove d'accusa (Loved)
  * 1999: David D. Williams - Thirteen
     * Lynn Hershman-Leeson - Conceiving Ada
     * Tony Barbieri - One
     * Eric Tretbar - Snow
  
  ### Anni 2000-2009
  
  * 2000: Cauleen Smith - Drylongso
     * Lisanne Skyler - Getting to Know You
     * Dan Clark - The Item
     * Julian Goldberger - Trans
  * 2001: Marc Forster - Everything Put Together (Tutto sommato) (Everything Put Together)
     * Mia Trachinger - Bunny
     * Dan McCormack - Other Voices
  * 2002: Debra Eisenstadt - Daydream Believer
     * Michael Gilio - Kwik Stop
     * DeMane Davis e Khari Streeter - Lift
     * David Maquiling - Too Much Sleep
  * 2003: Przemyslaw Reut - Paradox Lake
     * Eitan Gorlin - The Holy Land
     * Eric Eason - Manito
  * 2004: Andrew Bujalski - Funny Ha Ha
     * Ryan Eslinger - Madness and Genius
     * Ben Coccio - Zero Day
  * 2005: Jem Cohen - Chain
     * Bryan Poyser - Dear Pillow
     * Jennifer Reeves - The Time We Killed
  * 2006: Ian Gamazon e Neill Dela Llana - Cavite
     * Robinson Devor - Police Beat
     * Jay Duplass - The Puffy Chair
  * 2007: Julia Loktev - Day Night Day Night
     * Richard Wong - Colma: The Musical
     * So Yong Kim - In Between Days
  * 2008: Ramin Bahrani - Chop Shop
     * Ronald Bronstein - Frownland
     * Lee Isaac Chung - Munyurangabo
  * 2009: Lynn Shelton - My Effortless Brilliance
     * Barry Jenkins - Medicine for Melancholy
     * Nina Paley - Sita Sings the Blues
  
  ### Anni 2010-2019
  
  * 2010: Kyle Patrick Alvarez - Easier with Practice
     * Asiel Norton - Redland
     * Tariq Tapa - Zero Bridge
  * 2011: Mike Ott - Littlerock
     * Hossein Keshavarz - Dog Sweat
     * Laurel Nakadate - The Wolf Knife
  * 2012: Mark Jackson - Without
     * Simon Arthur - Silver Tongues
     * Nicholas Ozeki - Mamitas
  * 2013: Adam Leon - Gimme the Loot
     * David Fenster - Pincus
     * Rebecca Thomas - Electrick Children
  * 2014: Shaka King - Newlyweeds
     * Aaron Douglas Johnston - My Sister's Quinceañera
     * Madeline Olnek - The Foxy Merkins
  * 2015: Rania Attieh e Daniel Garcia - H.
     * Ana Lily Amirpour - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
     * Chris Eska - The Retrieval
  * 2016: Felix Thompson – King Jack
     * Robert Machoian – God Bless the Child
     * Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
  * 2017: Anna Rose Holmer – The Fits
     * Andrew Ahn – Spa Night
     * Claire Carré – Embers
     * Ingrid Jungermann – Women Who Kill
  * 2018: Gook, regia di Justin Chon
     * Dayveon, regia di Amman Abbasi
     * Super Dark Times, regia di Kevin Phillips
  * 2019: Alex Moratto - Socrates
     * Ioana Uricaru - Lemonade
     * Jeremiah Zagar - Quando eravamo fratelli (We the Animals)
  
  ### Anni 2020-2029
  
  * 2020: Rashaad Ernesto Green - Premature
     * Ash Mayfair - The Third Wife
     * Joe Talbot - The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  