Most people probably don’t remember this, but from 1992-2002, the MTV Movie Awards gave out an honor for Best New Filmmaker. For a show whose awards ranged from Best Kiss to Best Fight, this particular category remains surprisingly sophisticated and has aged incredibly well. The initial trophy went to the late, great John Singleton for his instant classic Boyz N The Hood and subsequent years included names that would become box office juggernauts (Christopher Nolan for Memento, Guy Ritchie for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Doug Liman for Swingers) and some of the great artists of their generation (Spike Jonze for Being John Malkovich, Sophia Coppola for The Virgin Suicides, Steve James for Hoop Dreams). Even the ones that feel a bit less prescient are still pretty dang cool in hindsight, like Carl Franklin winning for One False Move and Steven Zaillian for Searching For Bobby Fischer.