Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay

The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by Film Independent.

Winners and nominees

2000s

*"'2003: "Lost in Translation" - Sofia Coppola
**"American Splendor" - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
**"A Mighty Wind" - Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy (and the rest of the cast)
**"Pieces of April" - Peter Hedges
**"Shattered Glass" - Billy Ray
*"'2004: "Sideways" - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
**"Before Sunset" - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
**"The Door in the Floor" - Tod Williams
**"How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass" - Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty
**"Kinsey" - Bill Condon
*"'2005: "Capote" - Dan Futterman
**"Nine Lives" - Rodrigo García
**"The Squid and the Whale" - Noah Baumbach
**"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" - Guillermo Arriaga
**"The War Within" - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo and Tom Glynn
*"'2006: "Thank You for Smoking" - Jason Reitman
**"Friends with Money" - Nicole Holofcener
**"The Illusionist" - Neil Burger
**"The Painted Veil" - Ron Nyswaner
**"Sorry, Haters" - Jeff Stanzler
*"'2007: "The Savages" - Tamara Jenkins
**"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Ronald Harwood
**"Starting Out in the Evening" - Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner
**"Waitress" - Adrienne Shelly
**"Year of the Dog" - Mike White