The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award nominees were announced on December 5, 2023, celebrating creative independence, original, provocative subject matter, diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision in filmmaking.
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni and faculty nominated for an award! This year, 17 alumni are nominated for 18 awards across 12 categories.
See the full list of nominees here, and join us in celebrating the Tisch community on Sunday, February 25, 2024!
Best First Feature (Award given to director and producer)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Raven Jackson '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), director
Maria Altamirano '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), 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
Rotting in the Sun
Jacob Wasserman '12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, FIlm & TV), producer
Best Screenplay
Birth/Rebirth
Laura Moss '04 (BFA, Drama)/ '16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Bottoms
Emma Seligman '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Rachel Sennott '18 (BFA, Drama)
Best First Screenplay
May December
Samy Burch '09 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing)
Alex Mechanik '09 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
Theater Camp
Molly Gordon (Drama)
The Starling Girl
Laurel Parmet '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Best Supporting Performance
American Fiction
Sterling K. Brown '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting)
Best Cinematography
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Jomo Fray '18 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Producers Award presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey – The Producers Award, now in its 27th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Rachael Fung '11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
Someone To Watch Award – The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 30th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Laura Moss '04 (BFA, Drama)/ '16 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
Birth/Rebirth
Best New Non-Scripted Or Documentary Series (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
Murder in Big Horn
Matthew Galkin '95 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), executive producer
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
Slip
Zoe Lister-Jones '04 (BFA, Drama), creator/executive producer
Best Lead Performance In A New Scripted Series
Slip
Zoe Lister-Jones '04 (BFA, Drama)
Best Supporting Performance In A New Scripted Series
I’m a Virgo
Olivia Washington '13 (BFA, Drama)
*We apologize for any omissions! Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.