Sideways (2004): Michael London
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003): Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey (2004): Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace (2004): Paul Mezey
Primer (2004): Shane Carruth
Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Kimberly Elise for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Vera Farmiga for Down to the Bone (2004)
Judy Marte for On the Outs (2004)
Kyra Sedgwick for Cavedweller (2004) (TV)
Paul Giamatti for Sideways (2004)
Kevin Bacon for The Woodsman (2004)
Jeff Bridges for The Door in the Floor (2004)
Jamie Foxx for Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) (TV)
Liam Neeson for Kinsey (2004)
Virginia Madsen for Sideways (2004)
Cate Blanchett for Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Loretta Devine for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Robin Simmons for Robbing Peter (2004)
Yenny Paola Vega for Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Thomas Haden Church for Sideways (2004)
Jon Gries for Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Aidan Quinn for Cavedweller (2004) (TV)
Roger Robinson for Brother to Brother (2004)
Peter Sarsgaard for Kinsey (2004)
Alexander Payne for Sideways (2004)
Shane Carruth for Primer (2004)
Joshua Marston for Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Walter Salles for Diarios de motocicleta (2004)
Mario Van Peebles for How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)
Sideways (2004): Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Before Sunset (2004): Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
The Door in the Floor (2004): Tod Williams
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003): Mario Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty
Kinsey (2004): Bill Condon
Maria Full of Grace (2004): Joshua Marston
Brother to Brother (2004): Rodney Evans
Garden State (2004): Zach Braff
Robbing Peter (2004): Mario F. de la Vega
Diarios de motocicleta (2004): Eric Gautier
Dandelion (2004): Tim Orr
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) (TV): David Greene
Saints and Soldiers (2003): Ryan Little
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004): Maryse Alberti
Rodrigo De la Serna for Diarios de motocicleta (2004)
Anthony Mackie for Brother to Brother (2004)
Louie Olivos Jr. for Robbing Peter (2004)
Hannah Pilkes for The Woodsman (2004)
David Sullivan for Primer (2004)
Garden State (2004): Zach Braff, Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, Richard Klubeck
Brother to Brother (2004): Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof
Napoleon Dynamite (2004): Jared Hess, Jeremy Coon, Sean Covel, Chris Wyatt
Saints and Soldiers (2003): Ryan Little, Adam Abel
The Woodsman (2004): Nicole Kassell, Lee Daniels
Mar adentro (2004/I): Alejandro Amenábar(Spain)
Feux rouges (2004): Cédric Kahn(France)
Mala educación, La (2004): Pedro Almodóvar(Spain)
Oasis (2002): Chang-dong Lee(South Korea)
Yesterday (2004): Darrell Roodt(South Africa)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004): Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Bright Leaves (2003): Ross McElwee
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004): Shola Lynch
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust (2004): Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Tarnation (2003): Jonathan Caouette
Mean Creek (2004): Jacob Aaron Estes, Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham
Down to the Bone (2004): Debra Granik, Richard Lieske, Susan Leber, Anne Rosellini
On the Outs (2004): Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
Robbing Peter (2004): Mario F. de la Vega, T. Todd Flinchum, Lisa Y. Garibay
Unknown Soldier (2004): Ferenc Tóth, Sean Bachrodt, Seth Eisman, Chachi Senior