Last year’s winners were Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12), Marvin Krueger (And Handled with a Chain), Andrew Lanham, (The Jumper of Maine), Micah Ranum (A Good Hunter) and Cinthea Stahl (Identifying Marks).
And the 2011 finalists are…
Chris Bessounian, Tiana Langham — Guns and Saris
John MacInnes — Outside the Wire
Aaron Marshall — Fig Hunt: The Quest for Battle Armor Star Captain
Khurram Mozaffar — A Man of Clay
Matthew Murphy — Unicorn