The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award winners were announced on February 25, 2024, celebrating creative independence, original, provocative subject matter, diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision in filmmaking.
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni who won an award! This year, 5 alumni won 4 awards.
See the full list of winners here, and the list of Tisch alumni nominees here. Congratulations, all!
Best First Feature (Award given to director and producer)
A Thousand and One
A.V. Rockwell '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, FIlm & TV)/ (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director
John Cassavetes Award – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer)
Fremont
Rachael Fung '11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, FIlm & TV), producer
Watch
Best First Screenplay
May December
Samy Burch '09 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Alex Mechanik '09 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
Best New Scripted Series (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
Beef
Ravi Nandan '99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
*We apologize for any omissions! Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.