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2022 Best Directorial Debut

Charlotte Wells 

Aftersun 

2021 Best Directorial Debut

Michael Sarnoski 

Pig 

2020 Best Directorial Debut

Channing Godfrey Peoples 

Miss Juneteenth 

2019 Best Directorial Debut

Melina Matsoukas 

Queen & Slim 

2018 Best Directorial Debut

Bo Burnham 

Eighth Grade 

2017 Best Directorial Debut

Jordan Peele 

Get Out 

2016 Best Directorial Debut

Trey Edward Shults 

Krisha 

2015 Best Directorial Debut

Jonas Carpignano 

Mediterranea 

2014 Best Directorial Debut

Gillian Robespierre 

Obvious Child 

2013 Best Directorial Debut

Ryan Coogler 

Fruitvale Station 

2012 Best Directorial Debut

Benh Zeitlin 

Beasts of the Southern Wild 

2011 Directorial Debut

J.C. Chandor 

Margin Call 

2010 Best Directorial Debut

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington 

Restrepo 

2008 Best Directorial Debut

Courtney Hunt 

Frozen River 

2007 Best Directorial Debut

Ben Affleck  

Gone Baby Gone 

2006 Best Directorial Debut

Jason Reitman 

Thank You For Smoking 

2005 Best Directorial Debut

Julian Fellowes 

Separate Lies 

2004 Best Directorial Debut

Zach Braff 

Garden State 

2003 Outstanding Directorial Debut

Vadim Perelman 

The House of Sand and Fog 

2002 Outstanding Directorial Debut

Rob Marshall 

Chicago 

2001 Outstanding Directorial Debut

John Cameron Mitchell 

Hedwig & The Angry Inch 

1999 Outstanding Directorial Debut

Kimberly Pierce 

Boys Don´t Cry 

1997 Outstanding Directorial Debut

Kasi Lemmons 

Eve's Bayou 

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