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Independent Spirit Awards
Most Wins for Best Director
This list features directors that have won the most Best Director awards at the Independent Spirit Awards.
RANK | FILMS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Alexander Payne | 4 | 2 | Election (1999) Sideways (2004) |
2 | Ang Lee | 4 | 2 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
3 | Joel Coen | 3 | 2 | Blood Simple (1985) Fargo (1996) |
4 | Tom McCarthy | 2 | 2 | The Visitor (2008) Spotlight (2015) |
5 | Barry Jenkins | 2 | 2 | Moonlight (2016) If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
6 | Todd Haynes | 7 | 1 | Far From Heaven (2002) |
7 | Steven Soderbergh | 3 | 1 | Sex, Lies & Videotape (1989) |
8 | Richard Linklater | 3 | 1 | Boyhood (2014) |
References
Wikipedia. Independent Spirit Award for Best Director. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Director (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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