1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director Winner

Leaving Las Vegas
Mike Figgis
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..
1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Director Nominees

Georgia
Ulu Grosbard

Nadja
Michael Almereyda

Safe
Todd Haynes
