Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
Awarded forBest First Screenplay
CountryUnited States
Presented byFilm Independent
First awarded1994
Currently held bySamy Burch and Alex Mechanik for May December (2023)
Websitewww.filmindependent.org

The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first presented in 1994 with David O. Russell being the first recipient of the award for Spanking the Monkey, a film he also directed.


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