Il Gotham Independent Film Award al miglior regista rivelazione (Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director) è uno dei premi assegnati annualmente dal 1991 dai Gotham Independent Film Awards.

Noto come Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award dal 2013, il premio è stato presentato per la prima volta nel 1991 come Open Palm Award.

Dal 1991 al 1996 è stato annunciato solamente il nome del vincitore, mentre dal 1997 sono stati annunciati anche altri candidati.

Vincitori e candidati L'elenco mostra il vincitore di ogni anno, seguito dagli altri candidati.

Anni 1990

1991: Jennie Livingston - Paris Is Burning 1992: Tom Kalin - Swoon 1993: Leslie Harris - Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. 1994: Rose Troche - Go Fish - Segui il pesce (Go Fish) 1995: Rebecca Miller - Angela 1996: Lisa Krueger - Manny & Lo 1997 Macky Alston - Family Name Morgan J. Freeman - Hurricane Streets John O'Hagan - Wonderland Ira Sachs - The Delta Alex Sichel - All Over Me 1998 Darren Aronofsky - π - Il teorema del delirio (π o Pi) Lisa Cholodenko - High Art Chris Eyre - Smoke Signals Vincent Gallo - Buffalo '66 Harmony Korine - Gummo 1999 David Riker - The City Tim Kirkman - Dear Jesse Eric Mendelsohn - Judy Berlin Mark Polish e Michael Polish - Twin Falls Idaho Frank Whaley - Joe the King

Anni 2000

2000 Karyn Kusama - Girlfight Bruno de Almeida - On the Run Myles Connell - The Opportunists Tom Gilroy - Spring Forward Kenneth Lonergan - You Can Count on Me 2001 Henry Bean - The Believer John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch Daniel Minahan - Series 7: The Contenders Michael Cuesta - L.I.E. Randy Redroad - The Doe Boy David Wain - Wet Hot American Summer 2002 Eric Eason - Manito Bertha Bay-Sa Pan - Face Ethan Hawke - Chelsea Walls Moisés Kaufman - The Laramie Project Peter Mattei - Love in the Time of Money Fisher Stevens - Just a Kiss 2003 Shari Springer Berman e Robert Pulcini - American Splendor Alfredo De Villa - Washington Heights Peter Hedges - Schegge di April (Pieces of April) Dylan Kidd - Roger Dodger Tom McCarthy - Station Agent (The Station Agent) Peter Sollett - Raising Victor Vargas 2004 Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace Rodney Evans – Brother to Brother Debra Granik – Down to the Bone Nicole Kassell – The Woodsman - Il segreto (The Woodsman) Lori Silverbush e Michael Skolnik – On the Outs 2005 Bennett Miller - Truman Capote - A sangue freddo (Capote) Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know Phil Morrison - Junebug Andrew Wagner - The Talent Given Us Alice Wu - Salvare la faccia (Saving Face) 2006 Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson Ramin Bahrani - Man Push Cart Laurie Collyer - Sherrybaby So Yong Kim - In Between Days James Marsh - The King 2007 Craig Zobel - Great World of Sound Lee Isaac Chung - Munyurangabo Stephane Gauger - Owl and the Sparrow Julia Loktev - Day Night Day Night David Von Ancken - Caccia spietata (Seraphim Falls) 2008 Lance Hammer - Ballast Antonio Campos - Afterschool Dennis Dortch - A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy Barry Jenkins - Medicine for Melancholy Alex Rivera - Sleep Dealer 2009 Robert D. Siegel - Big Fan Cruz Angeles - Don't Let Me Drown Frazer Bradshaw - Everything Strange and New Noah Buschel - The Missing Person Derick Martini - Lymelife

Anni 2010

2010 Kevin Asch - Holy Rollers Lena Dunham - Tiny Furniture Glenn Ficarra e John Requa - Colpo di fulmine - Il mago della truffa (I Love You Phillip Morris) Tanya Hamilton - Night Catches Us John Wells - The Company Men 2011 Dee Rees - Pariah Mike Cahill - Another Earth Sean Durkin - La fuga di Martha (Martha Marcy May Marlene) Vera Farmiga - Higher Ground Evan Glodell - Bellflower 2012 Benh Zeitlin - Re della terra selvaggia (Beasts of the Southern Wild) Zal Batmanglij - Sound of My Voice Brian M. Cassidy e Melanie Shatzky - Francine Jason Cortlund e Julia Halperin - Now, Forager Antonio Méndez Esparza - Aquí y Allá 2013 Ryan Coogler - Prossima fermata Fruitvale Station (Fruitvale Station) Adam Leon - Gimme the Loot Alexandre Moors - Blue Caprice Stacie Passon - Concussion Amy Seimetz - Sun Don't Shine 2014 Ana Lily Amirpour - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night James Ward Byrkit - Coherence - Oltre lo spazio tempo (Coherence) Dan Gilroy - Lo sciacallo - Nightcrawler (Nightcrawler) Eliza Hittman - It Felt Like Love Justin Simien - Dear White People 2015 Jonas Carpignano - Mediterranea Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior Marielle Heller - Diario di una teenager (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) John Magary - The Mend Josh Mond - James White 2016 Trey Edward Shults - Krisha Robert Eggers - The Witch Anna Rose Holmer - The Fits Daniel Kwan e Daniel Scheinert - Swiss Army Man Richard Tanne - Ti amo Presidente (Southside with You) 2017 Jordan Peele – Scappa - Get Out (Get Out) Maggie Betts – La scelta (Novitiate) Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Kogonada – Columbus Joshua Z. Weinstein – Menashe 2018 Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade - Terza media (Eighth Grade) Ari Aster – Hereditary - Le radici del male (Hereditary) Jennifer Fox – The Tale Crystal Moselle – Skate Kitchen Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You 2019 Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - The Mustang Kent Jones - Diane Joe Talbot - The Last Black Man in San Francisco Olivia Wilde - La rivincita delle sfigate (Booksmart) Phillip Youmans - Burning Cane

Anni 2020

2020 Andrew Patterson - L'immensità della notte (The Vast of Night) Radha Blank - The Forty-Year-Old Version Channing Godfrey Peoples - Miss Juneteenth Carlo Mirabella-Davis - Swallow Alex Thompson - Saint Frances 2021 Maggie Gyllenhaal - La figlia oscura (The Lost Daughter) Edson Oda - Nine Days Rebecca Hall - Due donne - Passing (Passing) Emma Seligman - Shiva Baby Shatara Michelle Ford - Test Pattern 2022 Charlotte Wells - Aftersun Elegance Bratton - The Inspection Beth de Araújo - Soft & Quiet Owen Kline - Funny Pages Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović - Murina Jane Schoenbrun - We're All Going to the World's Fair 2023 A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One Michelle Garza Cervera – Huesera Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean Celine Song – Past Lives 2024 Vera Drew – The People's Joker Shuchi Talati – Girls Will Be Girls India Donaldson – Good One Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio – In the Summers Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown 2025 Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father's Shadow Harris Dickinson – Urchin Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch Carson Lund – Eephus Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace

Note

miglior regista