Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best breakthrough filmmaker of the year.

Winners

 * 1999 (as Best Debut): Spike Jonze
 * for directing Being John Malkovich


 * 2001: Christopher Nolan
 * for directing Memento


 * 2002: Mark Romanek
 * for directing One Hour Photo


 * 2003: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
 * for directing American Splendor


 * 2004: Zach Braff
 * for directing Garden State


 * 2005: Paul Haggis
 * for directing Crash


 * 2006: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
 * for directing Little Miss Sunshine


 * 2007: Sarah Polley
 * for directing Away From Her


 * 2008: Tomas Alfredson
 * for directing Let the Right One In