31 Years of Nominees and Winners FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
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31 Years of Nominees and Winners FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS BEST SCREENPLAY 2016 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer Spotlight BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) Charlie Kaufman Anomalisa *Spotlight Producers: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Donald Margulies The End of the Tour Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar Phyllis Nagy Carol Anomalisa Producers: Duke Johnson, Charlie S. Craig Zahler Bone Tomahawk Kaufman, Dino Stamatopoulos, Rosa Tran Beasts of No Nation Producers: Daniel Crown, Idris Elba, Cary BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin *Emma Donoghue Room Lundberg, Riva Marker Jesse Andrews Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Carol Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley Jonas Carpignano Mediterranea Tangerine Producers: Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Marielle Heller The Diary of a Teenage Girl Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou John Magary, Russell Harbaugh (story by), Myna Joseph (story by) The Mend BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) *The Diary of a Director: Marielle Heller JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Award given to the best feature made for under Teenage Girl Producers: Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, $500,000; award given to the writer, director and producer) Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit *Krisha Writer/Director/Producer: James White Director: Josh Mond Trey Edward Shults Producers: Max Born, Antonio Campos, Producers: Justin R. Chan, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, Eric Schultz Chase Joliet, Wilson Smith Manos Sucias Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Advantageous Writer/Director/Producer: Producers: Elena Greenlee, Márcia Nunes Jennifer Phang Mediterranea Director: Jonas Carpignano Writer/Producer: Jacqueline Kim Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Chris Columbus, Jon Coplon, Christoph Daniel, Producers: Robert Chang, Andrew Kortschak, John Lesher, Ryan Lough, Ken Jeong, Moon Molson, Justin Nappi, Alain Peyrollaz, Gwyn Sannia, Theresa Navarro Marc Schmidheiny, Victor Shapiro, Ryan Zacarias Christmas, Again Writer/Director/Producer: Songs My Brothers Director/Producer: Chloé Zhao Charles Poekel Taught Me Producers: Mollye Asher, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Heaven Knows What Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie Angela C. Lee, Forest Whitaker Writers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie Producers: Oscar Boyson, Sebastian BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Bear McClard *Ed Lachman Carol Out of My Hand Writer/Director: Takeshi Fukunaga Cary Joji Fukunaga Beasts of No Nation Writer/Producer: Donari Braxton Michael Gioulakis It Follows Producer: Mike Fox Reed Morano Meadowland Joshua James Richards Songs My Brothers Taught Me BEST MALE LEAD *Abraham Attah Beasts of No Nation BEST EDITING Christopher Abbott James White *Tom Mcardle Spotlight Ben Mendelsohn Mississippi Grind Ronald Bronstein, Heaven Knows What Jason Segel The End of the Tour Benny Safie Koudous Seihon Mediterranea Nathan Nugent Room Julio C. Perez IV It Follows BEST FEMALE LEAD Kristan Sprague Manos Sucias *Brie Larson Room Cate Blanchett Carol BEST DIRECTOR Rooney Mara Carol *Tom McCarthy Spotlight Bel Powley The Diary of a Teenage Girl Sean Baker Tangerine Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Tangerine Cary Joji Fukunaga Beasts of No Nation Todd Haynes Carol BEST SUPPORTING MALE Duke Johnson, Anomalisa *Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation Charlie Kaufman Kevin Corrigan Results David Robert Mitchell It Follows Paul Dano Love & Mercy Richard Jenkins Bone Tomahawk 2 | 2016 NOMINEES Michael Shannon 99 Homes FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Michael Cyril Creighton, Paul *Mya Taylor Tangerine Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Brian d’Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel Robin Bartlett H. McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Marin Ireland Glass Chin Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Jennifer Jason Leigh Anomalisa Cynthia Nixon James White BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM *Son of Saul (Hungary) Director: László Nemes Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) Director: Ciro Guerra Girlhood (France) Director: Céline Sciamma Mustang (France, Turkey) Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Director: Roy Andersson Reflecting on Existence (Sweden) BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer) *The Look of Silence Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen (T)error Directors/Producers: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe Producer: Christopher St. John Best of Enemies Directors/Producers: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville Heart of a Dog Director/Producer: Laurie Anderson Producer: Dan Janvey Meru Directors/Producers: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Producer: Shannon Ethridge The Russian Woodpecker Director/Producer: Chad Gracia Producers: Ram Devineni, Mike Lerner KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award Given To The Director) *Felix Thompson King Jack Robert Machoian God Bless the Child & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Chloé Zhao Songs My Brothers Taught Me TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Incorruptible Mohammed Ali Naqvi Among the Believers and Hemal Trivedi Elizabeth Giamatti Woman Like Me and Alex Sichel PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Mel Eslyn Darren Dean Rebecca Green and Laura D. Smith ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast) *Spotlight Director: Tom McCarthy Casting Directors: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee Ensemble Cast: Billy Crudup, 2016 NOMINEES | 3 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS BEST SCREENPLAY 2015 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Dan Gilroy Nightcrawler BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Big Eyes *Birdman or (The Unexpected J.C. Chandor A Most Violent Year Virtue of Ignorance Producers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Jim Jarmusch Only Lovers Left Alive John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, Ira Sachs, James W. Skotchdopole Mauricio Zacharias Love Is Strange Boyhood Producers: Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Love is Strange Producers: Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen, *Justin Simien Dear White People Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, Desiree Akhavan Appropriate Behavior Jay Van Hoy Sara Colangelo Little Accidents Selma Producers: Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey Justin Lader The One I Love Whiplash Producers: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Anja Marquardt She’s Lost Control David Lancaster, Michael Litvak BEST FEMALE LEAD BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) *Julianne Moore Still Alice *Nightcrawler Director: Dan Gilroy Marion Cotillard The Immigrant Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Rinko Kikuchi Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak Jenny Slate Obvious Child A Girl Walks Home Alone Tilda Swinton Only Lovers Left Alive At Night Director: Ana Lily Amirpour Producers: Justin Begnaud, Sina Sayyah BEST MALE LEAD Dear White People Director/Producer: Justin Simien *Michael Keaton Birdman or Producers: Effie T. Brown, Ann Le, (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe André Benjamin Jimi: All Is By My Side Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler Obvious Child Director: Gillian Robespierre Producer: Elisabeth Holm John Lithgow Love is Strange She’s Lost Control Director/Producer: Anja Marquardt David Oyelowo Selma Producers: Mollye Asher, Kiara C. Jones BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE (Given to the best feature made for under JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD *Patricia Arquette Boyhood $500,000; writer, director, and producer) * Executive Producers are not awarded. Jessica Chastain A Most Violent Year *Land Ho Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens Carmen Ejogo Selma Producers: Christina Jennings, Andrea Suarez Paz Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy Emma Stone Birdman or Blue Ruin Writer/Director/Producer: Jeremy Saulnier (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Producers: Richard Peete, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani BEST SUPPORTING MALE It Felt Like Love Writer/Director/Producer: Eliza Hittman *J.K. Simmons Whiplash Producers: Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner Riz Ahmed Nightcrawler Man From Reno Writer/Director: Dave Boyle Writers: Joel Clark, Michael Lerman Ethan Hawke Boyhood Producer: Ko Mori Alfred Molina Love is Strange Test Writer/Director/Producer: Chris Mason Johnson Edward Norton Birdman or Producer: Chris Martin (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) BEST DIRECTOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Richard Linklater Boyhood *Emmanuel Lubezki Birdman or Damien Chazelle Whiplash (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ava DuVernay Selma Darius Khondji The Immigrant Alejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Sean Porter It Felt Like Love David Zellner Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter Lyle Vincent A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Bradford Young Selma 4 | 2015 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS BEST EDITING Benicio del Toro, Katherine Waterston, *Tom Cross Whiplash Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Kenneth Williams Sandra Adair Boyhood John Gilroy Nightcrawler SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD Ron Patane A Most Violent Year *Foxcatcher Director/producer: Bennett Miller Adam Wingard The Guest Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman Producer: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik BEST DOCUMENTARY Cast: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, (Award given to the director and producer) Channing Tatum *Citizenfour Director/producer: Laura Poitras Producers: Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky 20,000 Days on Earth Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard Producers: Dan Bowen, James Wilson Stray Dog Director: Debra Granik Producer: Anne Rosellini The Salt of the Earth Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders Producer: David Rosier Virunga Director/Producer: