2005 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director Winner
![The Descent Neil Marshall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-descent-neil-marshall-image.jpg)
The Descent
Neil Marshall
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
2005 British Independent Film Awards – Best Director Nominees
![Mrs Henderson Presents Stephen Frears](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mrs-henderson-presents-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
Mrs Henderson Presents
Stephen Frears
![The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-constant-gardener-fernando-meirelles-image.jpg)
The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles
![The Libertine Laurence Dunmore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-libertine-laurence-dunmore-image.jpg)
The Libertine
Laurence Dunmore
![Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Michael Winterbottom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tristram-shandy-a-cock-and-bull-story-michael-winterbottom-image.jpg)