Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2020 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Minari
Lee Isaac Chung
2019 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Clemency
Chinonye Chukwu
2018 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Desiree Akhavan
2017 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore.
Macon Blair
2016 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker
2015 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
2014 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Whiplash
Damien Chazelle
2013 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Fruitvale Station
Ryan Coogler
2012 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
2011 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Like Crazy
Drake Doremus
2010 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Winter’s Bone
Debra Granik
2009 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Precious
Lee Daniels
2008 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt
2007 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Sangre de mi sangre
Christopher Zalla
2006 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Quinceañera
Richard Glatzer
2005 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Forty Shades of Blue
Ira Sachs
2004 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Primer
Shane Carruth
2003 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman
2002 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Personal Velocity
Rebecca Miller
2001 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Believer
Henry Bean
2000 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Girlfight
Karyn Kusama
2000 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
You Can Count on Me
Kenneth Lonergan
1999 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Three Seasons
Tony Bui
1998 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Slam
Marc Levin
1997 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Sunday
Jonathan Nossiter
1996 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solondz
1995 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Brothers McMullen
Edward Burns
1995 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Young Poisoner’s Handbook
Benjamin Ross
1994 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
What Happened Was…
Tom Noonan
1993 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Public Access
Bryan Singer
1993 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Ruby in Paradise
Victor Nunez
1992 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
In the Soup
Alexandre Rockwell
1991 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Poison
Todd Haynes
1990 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Chameleon Street
Wendell B. Harris Jr.
1989 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
True Love
Nancy Savoca
1988 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Heat and Sunlight
Rob Nilsson
1987 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
The Trouble with Dick
Gary Walkow
1987 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Waiting for the Moon
Jill Godmilow
1986 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Smooth Talk
Joyce Chopra
1985 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Blood Simple
Joel Coen
1984 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
Old Enough
Marisa Silver
1982 Sundance Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic
