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2015 Thirty Years of Nominees & Winners FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SCREENPLAY 2015 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * 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: , Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Love is Strange Producers: Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen, *Justin Simien 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 , Michael Litvak BEST FEMALE LEAD BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) * Still Alice *Nightcrawler Director: Dan Gilroy Marion Cotillard The Immigrant Producers: Jennifer Fox, , Rinko Kikuchi Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter , David Lancaster, Michel Litvak A Girl Walks Home Alone Tilda Swinton Only Lovers Left Alive At Night Director: 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 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 Nightcrawler Man From Reno Writer/Director: Dave Boyle Writers: Joel Clark, Michael Lerman 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

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BEST EDITING , 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: Adam Wingard The Guest Writers: E. Max Frye, Producer: Anthony Bregman, , 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: Producer: Anne Rosellini The Salt of the Earth Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders Producer: David Rosier Virunga Director/Producer: Orlando von Einsiedel Producer: Joanna Natasegara

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM *Ida (Poland) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Force Majeure (Sweden) Director: Ruben Östlund Leviathan (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev Mommy (Canada) Director: Xavier Dolan Norte, The End of History (Philippines) Director: Lav Diaz Under the Skin (United Kingdom) Director: Jonathan Glazer

KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award Given To The Direc- tor) *Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia H Ana Lily Amirpour A Girl Walk Home Alone at Night Chris Eska The Retrieval

LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Dan Krauss The Kill Team Sara Dosa The Last Season Darius Clark Monroe Evolution of a Criminal Amanda Rose Wilder Approaching the Elephant

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Chris Ohlson Chad Burris Elisabeth Holm

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast) Inherent Vice Director: Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Hong Chau, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Sasha Pieterse, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, 2015 NOMINEES | 3 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SCREENPLAY 2014 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * 12 Years A Slave BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) Blue Jasmine *12 Years A Slave Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy , Ethan Hawke, Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Richard Linklater Before Midnight Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad Enough Said All Is Lost Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb & Frances Ha , Scott Rudin, Michael H. Weber The Spectacular Now Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub Inside Llewyn Davis Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Nebraska Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa *Bob Nelson Nebraska Lake Bell In A World... (Award given to the director and producer) BEST FIRST FEATURE Joseph Gordon-Levitt Don Jon *Fruitvale Station Director: Jill Soloway Afternoon Delight Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker Michael Starrbury The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete Blue Caprice Director/Producer: Alexandre Moors Producers: Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, BEST FEMALE LEAD Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian *Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine O’Carroll, Kim Jackson, Will Rowbotham Julie Delpy Before Midnight Concussion Director: Stacie Passon Producer: Gaby Hoffmann Crystal Fairy Una Noche Director/Producer: Lucy Mulloy Brie Larson Short Term 12 Producers: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Shailene Woodley The Spectacular Now Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago Wadjda Director: Haifaa Al Mansour BEST MALE LEAD Producers: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul *Matthew McConaughey

Bruce Dern Nebraska JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) 12 Years A Slave *This Is Martin Bonner Writer/Director: Chad Hartigan Oscar Isaac Inside Llewyn Davis Producer: Cherie Saulter Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station Computer Chess Writer/Director: Andrew Bujalski Robert Redford All Is Lost Producers: King, Alex Lipschultz Crystal Fairy Writer/Director: Sebastián Silva BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín *Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave Museum Hours Writer/Director/Producer: Jem Cohen Producers: Paolo Calamita, Melonie Diaz Fruitvale Station Gabriele Kranzelbinder Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine Pit Stop Writer/Director: Yen Tan Yolonda Ross Go For Sisters Writer: David Lowery June Squibb Nebraska Producers: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, Kelly Williams BEST SUPPORTING MALE BEST DIRECTOR * Dallas Buyers Club *Steve McQueen 12 Years A Slave Michael Fassbender 12 Years A Slave Shane Carruth Upstream Color Will Forte Nebraska J.C. Chandor All Is Lost James Gandolfini Enough Said Jeff Nichols Mud Keith Stanfield Short Term 12 Nebraska BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Sean Bobbitt 12 Years A Slave Benoit Debie Spring Breakers Bruno Delbonnel Inside Llewyn Davis Frank G. Demarco, Peter Zuccarini All Is Lost Matthias Grunsky Computer Chess

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BEST EDITING *Nat Sanders Short Term 12 Shane Carruth, David Lowery Upstream Color Jem Cohen, Marc Vives Museum Hours Jennifer Lame Frances Ha Cindy Lee Una Noche

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer) *20 Feet From Stardom Director/Producer: Morgan Neville Producers: Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers After Tiller Directors/Producers: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson Gideon’s Army Director/Producer: Dawn Porter Producer: Julie Goldman The Act Of Killing Director/Producer: Joshua Oppenheimer Producers: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo, Anonymous The Square Director: Jehane Noujaim Producer: Karim Amer

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director) *Blue Is The Warmest Color (France) Abdellatif Kechiche A Touch Of Sin (China) Jia Zhang-Ke Gloria (Chile) Sebastián Lelio The Great Beauty (Italy) Paolo Sorrentino The Hunt (Denmark) Thomas Vinterberg

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award Given To The director) *Shaka King Newlyweeds Aaron Douglas Johnston My Sister’s Quinceañera Madeleine Olnek The Foxy Merkins

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Jason Osder Let The Fire Burn Kalyanee Mam A River Changes Course Stephanie Spray & Pacho Valez Manakamana

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston Jacob Jaffke Andrea Roa Frederick Thornton

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast) Mud Director: Jeff Nichols Casting Director: Francine Maisler Ensemble Cast: Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew Mcconaughey, Ray Mckinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, Reese Witherspoon

2014 NOMINEES | 5 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SCREENPLAY 2013 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) & Roman Coppola Moonrise Kingdom *Silver Linings Playbook Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Zoe Kazan Ruby Sparks Jonathan Gordon Martin McDonagh Seven Psychopaths Beasts of the Southern Wild Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias Keep the Lights On Bernie Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Ginger Sledge, Matt Williams * Safety Not Guaranteed Keep the Lights On Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Rama Burshtein Fill the Void Ira Sachs Christopher Ford Robot & Frank Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Rashida Jones & Scott Rudin Will Mccormack Celeste and Jesse Forever Jonathan Lisecki Gayby BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) *The Perks of BEST FEMALE LEAD Being a Wallflower Director: Stephen Chbosky *Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith Linda Cardellini Return Fill the Void Director: Rama Burshtein Emayatzy Corinealdi Middle of Nowhere Producer: Assaf Amir Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild Gimme the Loot Director: Adam Leon Mary Elizabeth Winstead Smashed Producers: Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford, Jamund Washington BEST MALE LEAD Safety Not Guaranteed Director: Colin Trevorrow * The Sessions Producers: Derek Connolly, Stephanie Langhoff, Peter Saraf, Colin Trevorrow, Marc Turtletaub Jack Black Bernie Sound of My Voice Director: Zal Batmanglij Bradley Cooper Silver Linings Playbook Producers: Brit Marling, Hans Ritter, Shelley Surpin Thure Lindhardt Keep the Lights On Matthew McConaughey Killer Joe JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Wendell Pierce Four (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) *Middle of Nowhere Writers/Director/Producer: Ava DuVernay Producer: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Breakfast with Curtis Writer/Director/Producer: Laura Colella *Helen Hunt The Sessions Mosquita y Mari Writer/Director: Aurora Guerrero Rosemarie DeWitt Your Sister’s Sister Producer: Chad Burris Ann Dowd Compliance Starlet Writer/Director: Sean Baker Brit Marling Sound of My Voice Producers: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Lorraine Toussaint Middle of Nowhere Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri Writer: Chris Bergoch BEST SUPPORTING MALE *Matthew McConaughey Magic Mike The Color Wheel Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Ross Perry Writer: Carlen Altman David Oyelowo Middle of Nowhere Michael Peña End of Watch BEST DIRECTOR Seven Psychopaths *David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook Bruce Willis Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson Moonrise Kingdom Julia Loktev The Loneliest Planet BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Ira Sachs Keep the Lights On *Ben Richardson Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts of the Southern Wild Yoni Brook Valley of Saints Lol Crawley Here Roman Vasyanov End of Watch Robert Yeoman Moonrise Kingdom

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BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award Given To The Director) *The Invisible War Kirby Dick David France Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present Matthew Akers The Central Park Five Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon The Waiting Room Peter Nicks

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director) *Amour (France) Michael Haneke Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (Turkey) Nuri Bilge Ceylan Rust And Bone (France/Belgium) Jacques Audiard Sister (Switzerland) Ursula Meier War Witch (Canada) Kim Nguyen

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award Given To The Director) *Adam Leon Gimme the Loot David Fenster Pincus Rebecca Thomas Electrick Children

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Peter Nicks The Waiting Room Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel Leviathan JASON TIPPET & ELIZABETH MIMS Only The Young

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Mynette Louie Stones In The Sun Alicia Van Couvering Nobody Walks Derrick Tseng Prince Avalanche

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast) Starlet Director: Sean Baker Casting Director: Julia Kim Ensemble Cast:Dree Hemingway, Besedk Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone

2013 NOMINEES | 7 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 2012 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * 50/50 BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Mike Cahill & Brit Marling Another Earth *The Artist Thomas Langmann J.C. Chandor Margin Call 50/50 Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen Patrick DeWitt Terri Beginners Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Phil Johnston Cedar Rapids Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy Drive Michel Litvak, John Palermo, BEST FEMALE LEAD Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel *Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Take Shelter Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin Lauren Ambrose Think of Me The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Rachael Harris Natural Selection Adepero Oduye Pariah BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene *Margin Call Director: J.C. Chandor Producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, BEST MALE LEAD Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto *Jean Dujardin The Artist Another Earth Director: Mike Cahill Demián Bichir A Better Life Producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Ryan Gosling Drive Nicholas Shumaker Rampart In The Family Director: Patrick Wang Michael Shannon Take Shelter Producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Martha Marcy May Marlene Director: Sean Durkin Producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, *Shailene Woodley The Descendants Chris Maybach, Josh Mond Jessica Chastain Take Shelter Natural Selection Director: Robbie Pickering Anjelica Huston 50/50 Producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen Janet Mcteer Albert Nobbs

Harmony Santana Gun Hill Road JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) BEST SUPPORTING MALE *Pariah Writer/Director: Producer: Nekisa Cooper * Beginners Bellflower Writer/Director: Evan Glodell Drive Producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw John Hawkes Martha Marcy May Marlene Circumstance Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz John C. Reilly Cedar Rapids Producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Corey Stoll Midnight in Paris Melissa Lee Hello Lonesome Writer/Director/ Producer: Adam Reid BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Dynamiter Writer: Brad Inglesby *Guillaume Schiffman The Artist Director: Matthew Gordon Joel Hodge Bellflower Producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merrilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Benjamin Kasulke The Off Hours Amile Wilson Darius Khondji Midnight in Paris Jeffrey Waldron The Dynamiter BEST DIRECTOR * The Artist BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer) Mike Mills Beginners *The Interrupters Director/Producer: Steve James Jeff Nichols Take Shelter Producer: Alex Kotlowitz Alexander Payne The Descendants An African Election Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz Drive Bill Cunningham New York Director: Richard Press Producer: Philip Gefter BEST SCREENPLAY The Redemption Of General Butt Naked Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss, *Alexander Payne, Daniele Anastasion & The Descendants We Were Here Director/Producer: David Weissman Joseph Cedar Footnote Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Tom Mccarthy Win Win Mike Mills Beginners

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director) *A Separation (Iran) Melancholia (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany) Lars Von Trier Shame (UK) Steve McQueen The Kid With A Bike (Belgium, France, Italy) Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Tyrannosaur (UK) Paddy Considine

AUDI SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Mark Jackson Without Simon Arthur Silver Tongues Nicholas Ozeki Mamitas

NOKIA TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Heather Courtney Where Soldiers Come From Danfung Dennis Hell And Back Again Alma Har’el Bombay Beach

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Sophia Lin Take Shelter Chad Burris Mosquita Y Mari Josh Mond Martha Marcy May Marlene

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast) *Margin Call Director: J.C. Chandor Casting Directors: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey,

2012 NOMINEES | 9 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

2011 NOMINEES (Winners in bold)

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Black Swan Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, * Tiny Furniture Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver Diane Bell Obselidia 127 Hours , Christian Colson, Nik Fackler Lovely, Still John Smithson Bob Glaudini Jack Goes Boating Greenberg Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Rudin Dana Adam Shapiro & The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Evan M. Wiener Monogamy Jordan Horowitz, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg BEST FEMALE LEAD Winter’s Bone Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Anne Rosellini *Natalie Portman Black Swan Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) Greenberg *Get Low Director: Aaron Schneider Producers: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole Everything Strange and New Director: Frazer Bradshaw Jennifer Lawrence Winter’s Bone Producers: A.D. Liano, Laura Techera Francia Michelle Williams Blue Valentine Night Catches Us Director: Tanya Hamilton Producers: Sean Costello, Jason Orans, BEST MALE LEAD Ronald Simons * 127 Hours The Last Exorcism Director: Daniel Stamm Ronald Bronstein Daddy Longlegs Producers: Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss, Eric Newman, Eli Roth Aaron Eckhart Rabbit Hole Tiny Furniture Director: Lena Dunham John C. Reilly Cyrus Producers: Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Couvering Ben Stiller Greenberg

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) *Dale Dickey Winter’s Bone *Daddy Longlegs Writers/Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie Ashley Bell The Last Exorcism Producers: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott Allison Janney Life During Wartime Lbs. Director: Matthew Bonifacio Writers/Producers: Matthew Bonifacio, Daphne Rubin-Vega Jack Goes Boating Carmine Famiglietti Naomi Watts Mother and Child Lovers Of Hate Writer/Director: Bryan Poyser Producer: Megan Gilbride BEST SUPPORTING MALE Obselidia Writer/Director: Diane Bell *John Hawkes Winter’s Bone Producers: Chris Byrne, Matthew Medlin Samuel L. Jackson Mother and Child The Exploding Girl Writer/Director: Bradley Rust Gray Get Low Producers: Karin Chien, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim John Ortiz Jack Goes Boating

Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right BEST DIRECTOR * Black Swan BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Danny Boyle 127 Hours *Matthew Libatique Black Swan The Kids Are All Right Adam Kimmel Never Let Me Go Debra Granik Winter’s Bone Jody Lee Lipes Tiny Furniture Rabbit Hole Michael McDonough Winter’s Bone Harris Savides Greenberg Best Screenplay BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award Given To The Director) * & Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right *Exit Through The Gift Shop Banksy Debra Granik & Marwencol Jeff Malmberg Anne Rosellini Winter’s Bone Sweetgrass Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Nicole Holofcener Please Give Restrepo & David Lindsay-Abaire Rabbit Hole Thunder Soul Mark Landsman Todd Solondz Life During Wartime

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *The King’s Speech Tom Hooper (United Kingdom) Kisses ((Ireland) Lance Daly Mademoiselle Chambon Stéphane Brizé (France) Of Gods and Men Xavier Beauvois (France) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Apichatpong Weerasethakul Recall His Past Lives (Thailand)

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award Given To The Director) *Mike Ott Littlerock Hossein Keshavarz Dog Sweat Laurel Nakadate The Wolf Knife

AVEENO® TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Jeff Malmberg Marwencol Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Sweetgrass Lynn True & Nelson Walker Summer Pasture

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Anish Savjani Meek’s Cutoff In-Ah Lee Au Revoir Taipei Adele Romanski The Myth of the American Sleepover

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast) *Please Give Director: Nicole Holofcener Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele

2011 NOMINEES | 11 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

(Winners in bold) 2010 NOMINEES BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Geoffrey Fletcher Precious BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) *Precious Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Sophie Barthes Cold Souls Gary Magness Scott Cooper Crazy Heart (500) Days Of Summer Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Cherien Dabis Amreeka Mason Novick, Steven J. Wolfe Tom Ford and David Scearce A Single Man Amreeka Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin The Last Station Chris Curling, Jens Meurer, Bonnie Arnold BEST FEMALE LEAD Sin Nombre Amy Kaufman *Gabourey Sidibe Precious Maria Bello Downloading Nancy BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Nisreen Faour Amreeka *Crazy Heart Director: Scott Cooper Helen Mirren The Last Station Producers: Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Gwyneth Paltrow Two Lovers Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T Bone Burnett A Single Man Director: Tom Ford BEST MALE LEAD Producers: Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, *Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart Robert Salerno Colin Firth A Single Man Easier with Practice Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez Producers: Cookie Carosella Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500) Days Of Summer The Messenger Director: Adam Scott The Vicious Kind Producers: Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Souléymane Sy Savané Goodbye Solo Zach Miller Paranormal Activity Director: Oren Peli BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Producers: Oren Peli, Jason Blum *Mo’Nique Precious

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Dina Korzun Cold Souls (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) Samantha Morton The Messenger *Humpday Writers/Director/Producer: Lynn Shelton Natalie Press Fifty Dead Men Walking Big Fan Writer/Director: Robert Siegel Mia Wasikowska That Evening Sun Producers: Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin The New Year Parade Writer/Director: Tom Quinn BEST SUPPORTING MALE Producers: Steve Beal, Tom Quinn *Woody Harrelson The Messenger Treeless Mountain Writer/Director: So Yong Kim Gentlemen Broncos Producers: Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe, Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, So Yong Kim Raymond McKinnon That Evening Sun Zero Bridge Writer/Director: Tariq Tapa Christopher Plummer The Last Station Producers: Hilal Ahmed Langoo, Josée Lajoie, Tariq Tapa BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST DIRECTOR *Roger Deakins A Serious Man *Lee Daniels Precious Adriano Goldman Sin Nombre Joel Coen and Ethan Coen A Serious Man Anne Misawa Treeless Mountain James Gray Two Lovers Andrij Parekh Cold Souls Michael Hoffman The Last Station Peter Zeitlinger Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Cary Joji Fukunaga Sin Nombre BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) *Anvil! The Story of Anvil Sacha Gervasi BEST SCREENPLAY Food, Inc. Robert Kenner *Scott Neustadter and More Than A Game Kristopher Belman Michael H. Weber (500) Days Of Summer October Country Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher Alessandro Camon and Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa Oren Moverman The Messenger Michael Hoffman The Last Station Greg Mottola Adventureland Lee Toland Krieger The Vicious Kind

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *An Education (UK/France) Lone Scherfig A Prophet (France) Jacques Audiard Everlasting Moments (Sweden) Jan Troell La Nana (The Maid) (Chile) Sebastián Silva Mother (South Korea) Bong Joon-Ho

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Kyle Patrick Alvarez Easier With Practice Asiel Norton Redland Tariq Tapa Zero Bridge

CHAZ and TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Bill Ross and Turner Ross 45365 Natalia Almada El General Jessica Oreck Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Karin Chien The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa Larry Fessenden I Sell The Dead, The House Of The Devil Dia Sokol Beeswax, Nights And Weekends

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) A Serious Man Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Casting Directors: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner Ensemble Cast: Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff

2010 NOMINEES | 13 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 2009 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Milk BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Ballast *The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin Frozen River Ballast Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh Jonathan Levine The Wackness Frozen River Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae Rachel Getting Married Rachel Getting Married Neda Armian, Jonathan Demme, Marc Platt BEST FEMALE LEAD *Melissa Leo Frozen River Wendy and Lucy Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Summer Bishil Towelhead Anish Savjani Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Tarra Riggs Ballast *Synecdoche, New York Director: Michelle Williams Wendy and Lucy Producers: Anthony Bregman, , Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel BEST MALE LEAD Afterschool Director: Antonio Campos *Mickey Rourke The Wrestler Producers: Sean Durkin, Josh Mond Javier Bardem Vicky Cristina Barcelona Medicine for Melancholy Director: Richard Jenkins The Visitor Producer: Justin Barber Sean Penn Milk Sangre De Mi Sangre Director: Christopher Zalla Producers: Per Melita, Benjamin Odell Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Sleep Dealer Director: Alex Rivera Producer: Anthony Bregman BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Rosemarie DeWitt Rachel Getting Married (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) Rosie Perez The Take *In Search of a Misty Upham Frozen River Midnight Kiss Writer/Director: Alex Holdridge Producers: Seth Caplan, Scoot McNairy Debra Winger Rachel Getting Married Prince of Broadway Director: Sean Baker Writers: Sean Baker, Darren Dean BEST SUPPORTING MALE Producer: Darren Dean *James Franco Milk The Signal Writer/Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Anthony Mackie The Hurt Locker Jacob Gentry Charlie McDermott Frozen River Producers: Jacob Gentry, Alexander Motlagh JimMyron Ross Ballast Take Out Writer/Director/ Producers: Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou Haaz Sleiman The Visitor Turn the River Writer/Director: Chris Eigeman Producer: Ami Armstrong BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Maryse Alberti The Wrestler BEST DIRECTOR Lol Crawley Ballast *Tom McCarthy The Visitor James Laxton Medicine for Melancholy Ramin Bahrani Chop Shop Harris Savides Milk Jonathan Demme Rachel Getting Married Michael Simmonds Chop Shop Lance Hammer Ballast Courtney Hunt Frozen River BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) *Man on Wire James Marsh BEST SCREENPLAY The Betrayal & Thavisouk Phrasavath *Woody Allen Vicky Cristina Barcelona Encounters at the Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Sugar End of the World Werner Herzog Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche, New York The Order of Myths Margaret Brown Howard A. Rodman Savage Grace Up the Yangtze Yung Chang Christopher Zalla Sangre De Mi Sangre

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *The Class (France) Laurent Cantet Gomorra (Italy) Matteo Garrone Hunger (UK/Ireland) Steve McQueen Secret of the Grain (France) Abdellatif Kechiche Silent Light (Mexico/France/ Netherlands/Germany) Carlos Reygadas

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Lynn Shelton My Effortless Brilliance Barry Jenkins Medicine for Melancholy Nina Paley Sita Sings the Blues

LACOSTE TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Margaret Brown The Order of Myths Sacha Gervasi Anvil! The Story of Anvil Darius Marder Loot

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Heather Rae Frozen River and Ibid Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy Treeless Mountain and I’ll Come Running Jason Orans Goodbye Solo and Year of the Fish

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) Synecdoche, New York Director: Charlie Kaufman Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy Ensemble Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams

2009 NOMINEES | 15 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

(Winners in bold) 2008 NOMINEES BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY * Juno BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) *Juno Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Blitz Rocket Science Mason Novick, Russell Smith Zoe Cassavetes Broken English The Diving Bell Kelly Masterson Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead and the Butterfly Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik John Orloff A Mighty Heart I’m Not There , John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern BEST FEMALE LEAD A Mighty Heart Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt *Ellen Page Juno Paranoid Park Neil Kopp, David Cress Angelina Jolie A Mighty Heart Sienna Miller Interview BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Parker Posey Broken English *The Lookout Director: Tang Wei Lust, Caution Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes BEST MALE LEAD 2 Days In Paris Director: Julie Delpy *Philip Seymour Hoffman The Savages Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok Pedro Castaneda August Evening Great World Of Sound Director: Don Cheadle Talk To Me Producers: Melissa Palmer, , Frank Langella Starting Out In The Evening Richard Wright, Craig Zobel Tony Leung Lust, Caution Rocket Science Director: Jeffrey Blitz Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Vanaja Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli *Cate Blanchett I’m Not There Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli Anna Kendrick Rocket Science JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Jennifer Jason Leigh Margot At The Wedding (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) Tamara Podemski Four Sheets To The Wind *August Evening Writer/Director: Chris Eska Marisa Tomei Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling Owl And The Sparrow Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger BEST SUPPORTING MALE Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, *Chiwetel Ejiofor Talk To Me Stephane Gauger Marcus Carl Franklin I’m Not There The Pool Director: Chris Smith Kene Holliday Great World Of Sound Producer: Kate Noble Writers: Chris Smith & Randy Russell Irrfan Khan The Namesake Quiet City Director: Aaron Katz Rescue Dawn Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Chris Lankenau BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Shotgun Stories Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols *Janusz Kaminski The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Mott Hupfel The Savages Jeff Nichols Milton Kam Vanaja BEST DIRECTOR Mihai Malaimare, Jr. Youth Without Youth *Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Rodrigo Prieto Lust, Caution Todd Haynes I’m Not There The Savages BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) Juno *Crazy Love Dan Klores Paranoid Park Lake Of Fire Tony Kaye Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal BEST SCREENPLAY The Monastery Pernille Rose Grønkjær *Tamara Jenkins The Savages The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner Starting Out In The Evening Adrienne Shelly Waitress

Mike White Year Of The Dog

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Once (Ireland) John Carney 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (Romania) Cristian Mungiu The Band’s Visit (Israel) Eran Kolirin Lady Chatterley (France) Pascale Ferran Persepolis (France) Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi

IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Ramin Bahrani Chop Shop Ronnie Bronstein Frownland Munyurangabo

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Laura Dunn The Unforeseen Gary Hustwit Helvetica John Maringouin Running Stumbled

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD *Neil Kopp Paranoid Park and Old Joy Anne Clements Ping Pong Playa and Quinceañera Alexis Ferris Cthulhu and Police Beat

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) I’m Not There Director: Todd Haynes Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, David Cross, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Williams

2008 NOMINEES | 17 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SCREENPLAY 2007 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Jason Reitman Thank You For Smoking BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Neil Burger The Illusionist *Little Miss Sunshine Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Nicole Holofcener Friends With Money Peter Saraf, Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa Ron Nyswaner The Painted Veil American Gun Ted Kroeber Jeff Stanzler Sorry, Haters The Dead Girl Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Kevin Turen * Little Miss Sunshine Half Nelson Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Half Nelson Anna Boden,Rosanne Korenberg Goran Dukic Wristcutters: A Love Story Pan’s Labyrinth Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Dito Montiel A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints Gabrielle Zevin Conversations With Other Women BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) *Sweet Land Director: Ali Selim BEST FEMALE LEAD Producers: Alan Cumming, James Bigham, *Shareeka Epps Half Nelson Ali Selim Catherine O’Hara For Your Consideration Day Night Day Night Director: Julia Loktev Elizabeth Reaser Sweet Land Producers: Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin Michelle Williams Land Of Plenty Man Push Cart Director: Ramin Bahrani Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Robin Wright Penn Sorry, Haters Bedford T. Bentley III The Motel Director: Michael Kang BEST MALE LEAD Producers: Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, *Ryan Gosling Half Nelson Gina Kwon, Karin Chien Aaron Eckhart Thank You For Smoking Wristcutters: A Love Story Director: Goran Dukic Edward Norton The Painted Veil Producers: Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev Ahmad Razvi Man Push Cart Forest Whitaker American Gun JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Quinceañera Writers/Directors: Richard Glatzer & *Frances McDormand Friends With Money Wash Westmoreland Melonie Diaz A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints Producer: Anne Clements Marcia Gay Harden American Gun Chalk Director: Mike Akel Writers: Chris Mass & Maike Akel Mary Beth Hurt The Dead Girl Producers: Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Amber Tamblyn Stephanie Daley Davidson, Chris Mass Four Eyed Monsters Writer/Director/Producers: Arin Crumley & BEST SUPPORTING MALE Susan Buice * Little Miss Sunshine Old Joy Director: Kelly Reichardt Raymond J. Barry Steel City Writers: Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt Daniel Craig Infamous Producers: Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp Paul Dano Little Miss Sunshine Channing Tatum A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints Twelve and Holding Director: Michael Cuesta Writer: Anthony S. Cipriano Producers: Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer *Guillermo Navarro Pan’s Labyrinth

Arin Crumley Four Eyed Monsters BEST DIRECTOR Anthony Dod Mantle Brothers Of The Head *Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Little Miss Sunshine Aaron Platt Wild Tigers I Have Known Robert Altman A Prairie Home Companion Michael Simmonds Man Push Cart Ryan Fleck Half Nelson (Award given to the director) The Dead Girl BEST DOCUMENTARY *The Road To Steven Soderbergh Bubble Guantanamo Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross A Lion In The House Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert My Country, My Country Laura Poitras The Trials Of Darryl Hunt Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern You’re Gonna Miss Me Keven Mcalester 18 | 2007 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *The Lives Of Others (Germany) Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck 12:08 East Of Bucharest (Romania) Corneliu Porumboiu The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (Philippines) Auraeus Solito Chronicle Of An Escape (Argentina) Israel Adrián Caetano Days Of Glory (France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium) Rachid Bouchareb

IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Julia Loktev Day Night Day Night So Yong Kim In Between Days Richard Wong Colma: The Musical

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Adele Horne The Tailenders Eric Daniel Metzgar The Chances Of The World Changing AJ Schnack Kurt Cobain About A Son

AXIUM PRODUCERS AWARD *Howard Gertler and Tim Perell Shortbus and Pizza Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof Half Nelson and Point & Shoot Julie Lynn Nine Lives and 10 Items Or Less

2007 NOMINEES | 19 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 2006 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Transamerica BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Kenneth Hanes Fixing Frank *Brokeback Mountain Diana Ossana, James Schamus Miranda July Me and You and Everyone We Know Capote Caroline Baron, William Vince, Angus MacLachlan Junebug Michael Ohoven Sabina Murray The Beautiful Country Good Night, and Good Luck. The Squid and the Whale Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charles Corwin, BEST FEMALE LEAD Clara Markowicz *Felicity Huffman Transamerica The Three Burials of Dina Korzun For Your Consideration Melquiades Estrada Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Laura Linney The Squid and the Whale Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam S. Epatha Merkerson Lackawanna Blues BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Cyndi Williams Room *Crash Director: Paul Haggis Producers: Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, BEST MALE LEAD Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, and *Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Paul Haggis Jeff Daniels The Squid and the Whale Lackawanna Blues Director: George C. Wolfe Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow Producers: Nellie Nugiel, Halle Berry, Shelby Stone, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Vincent Cirrincione Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain Me and You and Good Night, and Good Luck. Everyone We Know Director: Miranda July Producer: Gina Kwon BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Thumbsucker Director: Mike Mills *Amy Adams Junebug Producers: Anthony Bregman and Bob Stephenson Maggie Gyllenhaal Happy Endings Transamerica Director: Duncan Tucker Allison Janney Our Very Own Producers: Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan, and Linda Moran Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain Robin Wright Penn Nine Lives JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) BEST SUPPORTING MALE *Conventioneers Director: Mora Stephens * Crash Producer: Joel Viertel Firdous Bamji The War Within Writers: Mora Stephens and Joel Viertel Jesse Eisenberg The Squid and the Whale Brick Writer/Director: Barry Pepper The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Producers: Ram Bergman and Mark G. Mathis Jeffrey Wright Broken Flowers Jellysmoke Writer/Director/Producer: Mark Banning Producers: Cliff Charles and Mad Matthewz BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Puffy Chair Director: Jay Duplass Producer: Mark Duplass * Good Night, and Good Luck. Writers: Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass John Foster Keane Room Writer/Director: Kyle Henry Adam Kimmel Capote Producers: Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg Chris Menges The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Jesse Scolaro Harris Savides Last Days

BEST DIRECTOR (Award given to the director) *Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain BEST DOCUMENTARY *Enron: The Smartest Good Night, and Good Luck. Guys In the Room Alex Gibney Gregg Araki Mysterious Skin Grizzly Man Werner Herzog Rodrigo García Nine Lives La Sierra Scott Dalton & Margarita Martinez Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale Romántico Mark Becker Sir! No Sir! David Zeiger BEST SCREENPLAY

*Dan Futterman Capote Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo & Tom Glynn The War Within

Guillermo Arriaga The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale Rodrigo García Nine Lives

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Paradise Now (Palestine/Netherlands/ Germany/France) Hany Abu-Assad The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania) Cristi Puiu Duck Season (Mexico) Fernando Eimbcke Head-On (Germany/Turkey) Fatih Akin Tony Takitani (Japan) Jun Ichikawa

IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana Cavite Robinson Devor Police Beat Jay Duplass The Puffy Chair

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Garrett Scott and Ian Olds Occupation: Dreamland Rachel Boynton Our Brand is Crisis Mark Becker Romántico Thomas Allen Harris Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

AMC/AMERICAN EXPRESS PRODUCERS AWARD *Caroline Baron Capote and Monsoon Wedding Ram Bergman Brick and Conversations with Other Women Mike S. Ryan Junebug and Palindromes

2006 NOMINEES | 21 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 2005 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Maria Full of Grace BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Rodney Evans Brother to Brother *Sideways Michael London Garden State Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles Shane Carruth Primer Kinsey Gail Mutrux Mario F. de La Vega Robbing Peter Maria Full of Grace Paul Mezey Primer Shane Carruth BEST FEMALE LEAD *Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Full of Grace BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Kimberly Elise Woman Thou Art Loosed *Garden State Director: Zach Braff Vera Farmiga Down to the Bone Producers: Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Judy Marte On the Outs Dan Halsted, Richard Klubeck Kyra Sedgwick Cavedweller Brother to Brother Director: Rodney Evans Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, BEST MALE LEAD Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof *Paul Giamatti Sideways Napoleon Dynamite Director: Jared Hess Producers: Jeremy Coon, Sean C. Covel, Kevin Bacon The Woodsman Chris Wyatt Jeff Bridges The Door in the Floor Saints and Soldiers Director: Ryan Little Jamie Foxx Redemption Producers: Adam Abel, Ryan Little Liam Neeson Kinsey The Woodsman Director: Nicole Kassell Producers: Lee Daniels BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD *Virginia Madsen Sideways (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) Cate Blanchett Coffee and Cigarettes *Mean Creek Writer/Director: Jacob Aaron Estes Loretta Devine Woman Thou Art Loosed Producers: Susan Johnson, Robin Simmons Robbing Peter Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham Yenny Paola Vega Maria Full of Grace Down to the Bone Director: Debra Granik Writers: Debra Granik, Richard Lieske Producers: Susan Leber, Anne Rosellini BEST SUPPORTING MALE * Sideways On the Outs Directors: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik Writer: Lori Silverbush Jon Gries Napoleon Dynamite Producers: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik Aidan Quinn Cavedweller Robbing Peter Writer/Director: Mario F. de la Vega Roger Robinson Brother to Brother Producers: T. Todd Flinchum, Lisa Y. Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey Garibay, Mario F. de la Vega Unknown Soldier Writer/Director: Ferenc Toth BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE Producers: Sean Bachrodt, Seth Eisman, (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film) Chachi Senior, Ferenc Totho *Rodrigo de la Serna The Motorcycle Diaries

Anthony Mackie Brother to Brother BEST DIRECTOR Louie Olivos, Jr. Robbing Peter *Alexander Payne Sideways Hannah Pilkes The Woodsman Shane Carruth Primer David Sullivan Primer Joshua Marston Maria Full of Grace

Walter Salles The Motorcycle Diaries BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Mario Van Peebles Baadasssss! *Eric Gautier The Motorcycle Diaries BEST SCREENPLAY Tim Orr Dandelion David Greene Redemption *Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways Ryan Little Saints and Soldiers Mario Van Peebles and Maryse Alberti We Don’t Live Here Anymore Dennis Haggerty Baadasssss! Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke Before Sunset Tod Williams The Door in the Floor Bill Condon Kinsey

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BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Bright Leaves Ross McElwee Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed Shola Lynch Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky Tarnation Jonathan Caouette

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *The Sea Inside (Spain) Alejandro Amenábar Bad Education (Spain) Pedro Almodóvar Oasis (South Korea) Lee Chang-Dong Red Lights (France) Cédric Kahn Yesterday (South Africa) Darrell James Roodt

TURNING LEAF SOMEONE SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Jem Cohen Chain Bryan Poyser Dear Pillow Jennifer Reeves The Time We Killed

DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman Born Into Brothels Shola Lynch Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed Jehane Noujaim Control Room Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini Farmingville

BRAVO/AMERICAN EXPRESS PRODUCERS AWARD *Gina Kwon The Good Girl and Me and You and Everyone We Know Danielle Renfrew November and Groove Sean C. Covel and Chris Wyatt Napoleon Dynamite and Think Tank

SPECIAL DISTINCTION *Ensemble Cast: Mean Creek Rory Culkin Ryan Kelley Scott Mechlowicz Trevor Morgan Josh Peck Carly Schroeder

2005 NOMINEES | 23 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SCREENPLAY 2004 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Lost in Translation BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini American Splendor *Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola & Ross Katz Christopher Guest, American Splendor Ted Hope Eugene Levy, & the cast In America Jim Sheridan & Arthur Lappin of A Mighty Wind A Mighty Wind Raising Victor Vargas Alain de la Mata, Robin O’Hara, Peter Hedges Pieces of April Scott Macaulay, Peter Sollett Billy Ray Shattered Glass Shattered Glass Craig Baumgarten, Tove Christensen, Gaye Hirsch, Adam Merims BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Thomas McCarthy The Station Agent BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director, and producer) Patty Jenkins Monster *Monster Director: Patty Jenkins Producers: Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Karen Moncrieff Blue Car Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron, Peter Sollett and Eva Vives Raising Victor Vargas Brad Wyman Catherine Hardwicke Bomb the System Director: Adam Bhala Lough & Nikki Reed Thirteen Producers: Ben Rekhi & Sol Tryon House of Sand and Fog Director: BEST FEMALE LEAD Producers: Michael London, Vadim Perelman *Charlize Theron Monster Quattro Noza Director: Joey Curtis Agnes Bruckner Blue Car Producer: Fredric King Zooey Deschanel All the Real Girls Thirteen Director: Catherine Hardwicke Producers: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Michael London Samantha Morton In America Elisabeth Moss Virgin JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) BEST MALE LEAD *The Station Agent Writer/Director: Thomas McCarthy *Bill Murray Lost in Translation Producers: Mary Jane Skalski, Peter Dinklage The Station Agent Robert May, Kathryn Tucker Paul Giamatti American Splendor Anne B. Real Director: Lisa France Writers: Lisa France and Antonio Macia Sir Ben Kingsley House of Sand and Fog Producers: Luis Moro, Jeanine Rohn, Lee Pace Soldier’s Girl Josselyne Herman Saccio Better Luck Tomorrow Director: Justin Lin BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Writers: Ernesto M. Foronda, Justin Lin & *Shohreh Aghdashloo House of Sand and Fog Fabian Marquez Producers: Julie Asato, Ernesto M. Foronda, Sarah Bolger In America Justin Lin Pieces of April Pieces of April Writer/Director: Peter Hedges Hope Davis The Secret Lives of Dentists Producers: Alexis Alexanian, John S. Lyons, Frances McDormand Laurel Canyon Gary Winick Virgin Writer/Director: Deborah Kampmeier Producer: Sarah Schenck BEST SUPPORTING MALE * In America BEST DIRECTOR Judah Friedlander American Splendor *Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Troy Garity Soldier’s Girl Alessandro Nivola Laurel Canyon Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini American Splendor Peter Sarsgaard Shattered Glass Jim Sheridan In America Peter Sollett Raising Victor Vargas BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film) Gus Van Sant Elephant *Nikki Reed Thirteen Anna Kendrick Camp Judy Marte Raising Victor Vargas Victor Rasuk Raising Victor Vargas Janice Richardson Anne B. Real

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Declan Quinn In America Derek Cianfrance Quattro Noza M. David Mullen Northfork Harris Savides Elephant Mandy Walker Shattered Glass

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award Given To The Director) *The Fog of War Errol Morris Mayor of the Sunset Strip George Hickenlooper My Architect Nathaniel Kahn OT: our town Scott Hamilton Kennedy Power Trip Paul Devlin

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Whale Rider (New Zealand) Director: Niki Caro City of God (Brazil) Fernando Meirelles Lilya 4-Ever (Sweden) Lukas Moodysson The Magdalene Sisters (England/Ireland) The Triplets of Belleville (South Africa) Sylvain Chomet

TURNING LEAF SOMEONE SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Andrew Bujalski Funny Ha Ha Ben Coccio Zero Day Ryan Eslinger Madness and Genius

DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk Lost Boys of Sudan Nathaniel Kahn My Architect Robb Moss The Same River Twice Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras Flag Wars

PRODUCERS AWARD *Mary Jane Skalski The Station Agent and You and The Jimmy Show Callum Greene and Anthony Katagas Happy Here and Now and Homework Lauren Moews Cabin Fever and Briar Patch

SPECIAL DISTINCTION *21 Grams Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Writer: Guillermo Arriaga Producer: Robert Salerno Actor: Benicio Del Toro Actor: Naomi Watts Actor: Sean Penn

2004 NOMINEES | 25 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FEMALE LEAD 2003 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Julianne Moore Far From Heaven BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Jennifer Aniston The Good Girl *Far From Heaven Jody Patton, Christine Vachon Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary The Good Girl Matthew Greenfield Catherine Keener Lovely & Amazing Lovely & Amazing Anthony Bregman, Eric d’Arbeloff, Parker Posey Personal Velocity Ted Hope Secretary Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby, BEST MALE LEAD Steven Shainberg *Derek Luke Antwone Fisher Tully Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg Graham Greene Skins Danny Huston ivans xtc. BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director) Jeremy Renner Dahmer *The Dangerous Lives Roger Dodger of Altar Boys Peter Care Interview with the Assassin Neil Burger BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Manito *Emily Mortimer Lovely & Amazing Paid In Full Charles Stone III Viola Davis Antwone Fisher Roger Dodger Jacqueline Kim Charlotte Sometimes

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Juliette Lewis Hysterical Blindness (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) Julianne Nicholson Tully *Personal Velocity Writer/Director: Producers: Alexis Alexanian, BEST SUPPORTING MALE Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick * Far From Heaven Charlotte Sometimes Writer/Director: Eric Byler Alan Arkin Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Producers: Marc Ambrose, Eric Byler Ray Liotta Narc Dahmer Writer/Director: David Jacobson John C. Reilly The Good Girl Producer: Larry Rattner Peter Weller ivans xtc. ivans xtc. Director: Bernard Rose Writers: Lisa Enos and Bernard Rose BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE Producer: Lisa Enos (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)

BEST DIRECTOR *Nia Vardalos My Big Fat Greek Wedding Bob Burrus Tully *Todd Haynes Far From Heaven America Ferrera Real Women Have Curves Joe Carnahan Narc Raven Goodwin Lovely & Amazing Nicole Holofcener Lovely & Amazing Artel Kayaru Dahmer Bernard Rose ivans xtc.

Gus Van Sant Gerry BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST SCREENPLAY *Edward Lachman Far From Heaven * The Good Girl Harris Savides Gerry Nicole Holofcener Lovely & Amazing Richard Rutkowski Interview with the Assassin Dylan Kidd Roger Dodger Alex Nepomniaschy Narc Ellen Kuras Personal Velocity and Karen Sprecher Thirteen Conversations About One Thing BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) Hilary Birmingham and *Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore Matt Drake Tully The Cockettes Bill Weber and David Weissman Devil’s Playground Lucy Walker BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY How to Draw a Bunny John Walter * Secretary Stevie Steve James Laura Cahill Hysterical Blindness Burr Steers Igby Goes Down Neil Burger Interview with the Assassin Heather Juergensen and Kissing Jessica Stein Jennifer Westfeldt

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BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico) Alfonso Cuarón Bloody Sunday (Ireland) Paul Greengrass The Fast Runner–Atanarjuat (Canada) Zacharias Kunuk The Piano Teacher– La Pianiste (France/Austria) Michael Haneke Time Out–L’Emploi du temps (France) Laurent Cantet

TURNING LEAF COASTAL RESERVE SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Przemyslaw Reut Paradox Lake Eric Eason Manito Eitan Gorlin The Holy Land

DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Jennifer Dworkin Love & Diane Jeffrey Blitz Spellbound Eugene Jarecki The Trials of Henry Kissinger Mark Moskowitz Stone Reader

MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD *Effie T. Brown Real Women Have Curves and Stranger Inside Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain Manito and Cry Funny Happy Eden H. Wurmfeld Kissing Jessica Stein and Fanci’s Persuasion

2003 NOMINEES | 27 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FEMALE LEAD 2002 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Kim Dickens Things Behind the Sun *Memento Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd Molly Parker The Center of the World Hedwig and the Angry Inch Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel, Tilda Swinton The Deep End and Pamela Koffler Kerry Washington Lift L.I.E. Rene Bastian, Linda Moran, and Michael Cuesta BEST MALE LEAD Things Behind The Sun Daniel Hassid, Doug Mankoff, and *Tom Wilkinson In The Bedroom Robin Alper Brian Cox L.I.E. Waking Life Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Ryan Gosling The Believer Palmer West, and Jonah Smith Jake Gyllenhaal Donnie Darko BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director) John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch *In The Bedroom BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE The Anniversary Party Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming *Carrie-Anne Moss Memento The Believer Davenia McFadden Stranger Inside Donnie Darko Richard Kelly Summer Phoenix The Believer Ghost World Tamara Tunie The Caveman’s Valentine JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Uma Thurman Tape (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) *Jackpot Director: Michael Polish BEST SUPPORTING MALE Producers/Writers: Mark Polish * Ghost World and Michael Polish Don Cheadle Things Behind the Sun Acts of Worship Writer/Director: Rosemary Rodriguez Billy Kay L.I.E. Producers: Nadia Leonelli, Fredrick Sundwall, Garrett Morris Jackpot and Rosemary Rodriguez John C. Reilly The Anniversary Party Kaaterskill Falls Directors/Producers: Josh Apter and Peter Olsen Punks Writer/Director: Patrik-Ian Polk BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE Producers: Patrik-Ian Polk, Tracey E. Edmonds, (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film) and Michael McQuarn *Paul Franklin Dano L.I.E Virgil Bliss Writer/Director: Joe Maggio Producers: Joe Maggio and John Maggio Ana Reeder Acts of Worship Clint Jordan Virgil Bliss BEST DIRECTOR Yolanda Ross Stranger Inside * Memento Ensemble: Kaaterskill Falls Michael Cuesta L.I.E. Hilary Howard Cheryl Dunye Stranger Inside Anthony Leslie Richard Linklater Waking Life Mitchell Riggs John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST SCREENPLAY *Peter Deming Mulholland Drive *Christopher Nolan Memento Frank G. DeMarco Hedwig and the Angry Inch Milo Addica and Will Rokos Monster’s Ball W. Mott Hupfel III The American Astronaut Henry Bean The Believer Giles Nuttgens The Deep End Rob Festinger and Todd Field In The Bedroom Wally Pfister Memento Richard Linklater Waking Life BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Dogtown and Z-Boys Stacy Peralta * and Go Tigers! Kenneth A. Carlson Terry Zwigoff Ghost World Lalee’s Kin: Richard Kelly Donnie Darko The Legacy of Cotton Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Maysles Alan Cumming The Anniversary Party Promises Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch Scratch Doug Pray Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta,and Gerald Cuesta L.I.E.

28 | 2002 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amores Perros Alejandro González Iñárritu Lumumba Raoul Peck Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer Together Lukas Moodysson

TURNING LEAF COASTAL RESERVE SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Debra Eisenstadt Daydream Believer Demane Davis and Khari Streeter Lift Michael Gilio Kwik Stop David Maquiling Too Much Sleep

DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Monteith McCollum Hybrid Edet Belzberg Children Underground Sandi Simcha Dubowski Trembling Before G-d B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado and Justine Shapiro Promises Alix Lambert The Mark of Cain

MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD *René Bastian and Linda Moran Martin & Orloff and L.I.E. Adrienne Gruben Treasure Island and Olympia Jasmine Kosovic Just One Time and The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Nadia Leonelli Acts of Worship and Perfume

2002 NOMINEES | 29 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

(Winners in bold) 2001 NOMINEES BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Gina Prince-Bythewood Love & Basketball BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) *Crouching Tiger, David Gordon Green George Washington Hidden Dragon Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, and Ang Lee Ross Klavan and George Washington David Gordon Green, Sacha W. Mueller, Michael McGruther and Lisa Muskat Ben Younger Boiler Room Before Night Falls Jon Kilik Jordan Walker-Pearlman The Visit Requiem for a Dream Eric Watson and Palmer West Ghost Dog: BEST FEMALE LEAD The Way of the Samurai Jim Jarmusch and Richard Guay *Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sanaa Lathan Love & Basketball BEST FIRST FEATURE Laura Linney You Can Count on Me *You Can Count On Me Director: Joan Allen The Contender Producers: John N. Hart, Jeffrey Sharp, Kelly MacDonald Two Family House Barbara Defina, and Larry Meistrich Girlfight Director: ; Producers: Maggie Renzi, BEST MALE LEAD Sarah Green, and Martha Green *Javier Bardem Before Night Falls Love & Basketball Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Hill Harper The Visit Producers: and Sam Kitt Mark Ruffalo You Can Count On Me Boiler Room Director: Ben Younger Billy Crudup Jesus’ Son Producers: Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd Adrien Brody Restaurant The Visit Director/Producer: Jordan Walker-Pearlman

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE BEST FEATURE UNDER $500,000 (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; writer, director, and producer) *Zhang Ziyi Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *Chuck & Buck Director: Miguel Arteta Pat Carroll Songcatcher Producer: Matthew Greenfield Jennifer Connelly Requiem for a Dream Writer: Mike White Marcia Gay Harden Pollock Everything Put Together Director: Marc Forster; Producer: Sean Furst; Lupe Ontiveros Chuck & Buck Writers: Catherine Lloyd Burns, Adam Forgash, and Marc Forster BEST SUPPORTING MALE Bunny Writer/Director: Mia Trachinger Producers: Rebecca Sonnenshine and Mia Trachinger * Shadow of the Vampire Gary Oldman The Contender Our Song Writer/Director: Jim McKay; Producers: Jim McKay, Paul Mezey, and Diana E. Williams Billy Dee Williams The Visit Groove Writer/Director: Greg Harrison Cole Hauser Tigerland Producer: Danielle Renfrew Giovanni Ribisi The Gift

BEST DIRECTOR BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE *Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *Michelle Rodriguez Girlfight Julian Schnabel Before Night Falls Mike White Chuck & Buck Darren Aronofsky Requiem for a Dream Emmy Rossum Songcatcher Miguel Arteta Chuck & Buck Rory Culkin You Can Count On Me Christopher Guest Best in Show Ensemble: George Washington Curtis Cotton III BEST SCREENPLAY Candace Evanofski *Kenneth Lonergan You Can Count On Me Rachael Handy Mike White Chuck & Buck Donald Holden Valerie Breiman Love & Sex Damian Jewan Lee Raymond De Felitta Two Family House Robert Dillon Waking The Dead BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Matthew Libatique Requiem for a Dream Xavier Perez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas Before Night Falls Tim Orr George Washington John De Borman Hamlet Lou Bogue Shadow of the Vampire 30 | 2001 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) *Dark Days Marc Singer The Eyes of Tammy Faye Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey Long Night’s Journey Into Day Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann Sound and Fury Josh Aronson Paragraph 175 Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Dancer in the Dark Lars Von Trier A Time for Drunken Horses Bahman Ghobadi In the Mood for Love Kar-wai Wong The Terrorist Santosh Sivan The War Zone Tim Roth

MOVADO SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Marc Forster Everything Put Together Dan McCormack Other Voices Mia Trachinger Bunny

DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale Shelly Dunn Fremont and Vincent Fremont Pie In The Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story James Ronald Whitney Just, Melvin Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen Benjamin Smoke

MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD *Paul S. Mezey Our Song and Spring Forward Jim McKay Stranger Inside and Our Song Tim Perell Jump Tomorrow and The Opportunist Diana E. Williams Love Machine and Our Song

2001 NOMINEES | 31 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 2000 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Charlie Kaufman Being John Malkovich BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Tod Williams The Adventures of Sebastian Cole *Election Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, David Gale, and and Keith Samples Andy Bienen Boys Don’t Cry The Limey John Hardy and Scott Kramer Anne Rapp Cookie’s Fortune The Straight Story Mary Sweeney and Neal Edelstein John Roach and Mary Sweeney The Straight Story Sugar Town Daniel Hassid Cookie’s Fortune Robert Altman and Etchie Stroh BEST FEMALE LEAD *Hilary Swank Boys Don’t Cry BEST FIRST FEATURE over $500,000 Diane Lane A Walk on the Moon *Being John Malkovich Director: Spike Jonze Producers: Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Janet McTeer Tumbleweeds Steve Golin, and Vincent Landay Susan Traylor Valerie Flake Boys Don’t Cry Director: Kimberly Peirce; Producers: Jeffrey Sharp, Reese Witherspoon Election John Hart, Eva Kolodner, and Christine Vachon Three Seasons Director: Tony Bui BEST MALE LEAD Producers: Tony Bui, Jason Kliot, and Joana Vicente *Richard Farnsworth The Straight Story Twin Falls Idaho Director: Michael Polish; Producers: Marshall John Cusack The Visit Persinger, Rena Ronson, Steven J. Wolfe Terence Stamp The Limey Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl Director: Joan Chen David Strathairn Limbo Producers: Alice Chan and Joan Chen Noble Willingham The Corndog Man BEST FIRST FEATURE under $500,000 *The Blair Witch Project Directors: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Producers: Robin Cowie and Gregg Hale *Chloe Sevigny Boys Don’t Cry La Ciudad Director: Barbara Barrie Judy Berlin Producers: Paul S. Mezey and David Riker Vanessa Martinez Limbo Compensation Director: Zeinabu Irene Davis Go Producers: Marc Arthur Chery and Zeinabu Irene Davis Jean Smart Guinevere Judy Berlin Director: Eric Mendelsohn Producer: Rocco Caruso Treasure Island Director: Scott King BEST SUPPORTING MALE Producer: Adrienne Gruben *Steve Zahn Happy, Charles S. Dutton Cookie’s Fortune BEST DIRECTOR Luis Guzman The Limey *Alexander Payne Election Terrence Howard The Best Man Harmony Korine Julien Donkey-Boy Clark Gregg The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Steven Soderbergh The Limey The Straight Story BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE *Kimberly J. Brown Tumbleweeds Doug Liman Go Jessica Campbell Election BEST SCREENPLAY Jade Gordon Sugar Town *Alexander Payne Toby Smith Drylongso and Jim Taylor Election Chris Stafford Edge of Seventeen Dogma Audrey Wells Guinevere BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Lem Dobbs The Limey *Lisa Rinzler Three Seasons James Merendino SLC Punk! M. David Mullen Twin Falls Idaho Anthony Dod Mantle Julien Donkey-Boy Jeffrey Seckendorf Judy Berlin La Ciudad Harlan Bosmajian

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer All About My Mother Pedro Almodovar My Son the Fanatic Udayan Prasad Topsy-Turvy Rosetta Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne 32 | 2000 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

MOVADO SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) *Cauleen Smith Drylongso Dan Clark The Item Julian Goldberger Trans Lisanne Skyler Getting To Know You

DLJ DIRECT TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Owsley Brown Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen On The Ropes Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson Well-Founded Fear Rory Kennedy American Hollow

MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD *Pam Koffler I’m Losing You and Office Killer Eva Kolodner Boys Don’t Cry and Hide and Seek Paul S. Mezey La Ciudad Christine Walker Backroads and Homo Heights

2000 NOMINEES | 33 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST MALE LEAD 1999 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Ian McKellan Gods and Monsters BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Nick Nolte Affliction *Gods and Monsters Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Sean Penn Hurlyburly and Mark R. Harris Dylan Baker Happiness Affliction Linda Reisman Courtney B. Vance Blind Faith Claire Dolan Ann Ruark and Marin Karmitz Velvet Goldmine Christine Vachon BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE A Soldier’s Daughter *Lynn Redgrave Gods and Monsters Never Cries Ismail Merchant Patricia Clarkson High Art Lisa Kudrow The Opposite of Sex BEST FIRST FEATURE Stockard Channing The Baby Dance *The Opposite of Sex Director: ; Producers: David Joely Richardson Under Heaven Kirkpatrick and Michael Besman Buffalo 66 Director: Vincent Gallo; Producer: Chris Hanley BEST SUPPORTING MALE High Art Director: Lisa Cholodenko *Bill Murray Rushmore Producers: Dolly Hall, Jeff Levy-Hinte, and Philip S. Hoffman Happiness Susan A. Stover Charles S. Dutton Blind Faith Pi Director: Darren Aronofsky; Producer: Eric Watson James Coburn Affliction Gary Farmer Smoke Signals Slums of Beverly Hills Director: Tamara Jenkins Producers: Michael Nozik and Stan Wlodkowski BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE BEST DIRECTOR *Evan Adams Smoke Signals *Wes Anderson Rushmore Saul Williams Slam Todd Haynes Velvet Goldmine Anthony Roth Costanzo A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries Affliction Sonja Sohn Slam Todd Solondz Happiness Andrea Hart Miss Monday Lodge Kerrigan Claire Dolan BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST SCREENPLAY *Maryse Alberti Velvet Goldmine *Don Roos The Opposite of Sex Matthew Libatique Pi David Mamet The Spanish Prisoner Malik Sayeed and Bob Salerno Belly Paul Schrader Affliction Paul Sarossy Affliction Bill Condon Gods and Monsters Tami Reiker High Art Frank Military Blind Faith

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg *Darren Aronofsky Pi The Eel Shohei Imamura Matthew Weiss Niagara, Niagara The General Lisa Cholodenko High Art Central Station Walter Salles Sherman Alexie Smoke Signals Fireworks (Hana-Bi) Takeshi Kitano Tamara Jenkins Slums of Beverly Hills MOVADO SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD BEST FEMALE LEAD (Award given to the director) *Ally Sheedy High Art *David Williams 13 Christina Ricci The Opposite of Sex Tony Barbieri One Alfre Woodard Down in the Delta Lynn Hershman Leeson Conceiving Ada Robin Tunney Niagara, Niagara Eric Tretbar Snow Katrin Cartlidge Claire Dolan TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Barbara Sonneborn Regret to Inform Vicki Funari Paulina Tim Kirkman Dear Jesse Julia Loktev Moment of Impact Kyra Thompson Dying

34 | 1999 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

RALPH LAUREN PRODUCERS AWARD *Susan Stover The Sticky Fingers of Time and High Art Margot Bridger Arresting Gena and The Delta Gill Holland Hurricane Streets and Spring Forward Andrea Sperling Nowhere and Doom Generation

1999 NOMINEES | 35 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE 1998 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Debbi Morgan Eve’s Bayou BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Farrah Fawcett The Apostle *The Apostle Rob Carliner Amy Madigan Loved Chasing Amy Scott Mosier Miranda Richardson The Apostle Loved Philippe Caland Patricia Richardson Ulee’s Gold Ulee’s Gold Sam Gowan, Victor Nunez, and Peter Saraf Waiting for Guffman Karen Murphy BEST SUPPORTING MALE * Chasing Amy BEST FIRST FEATURE under $500,000 Efrain Figueroa Star Maps *Eve’s Bayou Director: ; Producers: Samuel L. Jackson Hard Eight Caldecot Chubb, and Samuel L. Jackson Ajay Naidu SubUrbia In the Company of Men Director: Neil LaBute Roy Scheider The Myth of Fingerprints Producers: Mark Archer and Stephen Pevner The Bible and Gun Club Director/Producer: Daniel J. Harriss BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE Hard Eight Director: Paul Thomas Anderson *Aaron Eckhart In the Company of Men Producers: Robert Jones and John Lyons Lysa Flores Star Maps Star Maps Director: Miguel Arteta; Producer: Darling Narita Bang Matthew Greenfield Douglas Spain Star Maps

BEST DIRECTOR Ensemble: Squeeze *Robert Duvall The Apostle Tyrone Burton Larry Fessenden Habit Eddie Cutanda Victor Nunez Ulee’s Gold Phuong Duong Paul Schrader Touch Wim Wenders The End of Violence BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Declan Quinn Kama Sutra BEST SCREENPLAY Michael Barrow and John Foster Sunday *Kevin Smith Chasing Amy Frank DeMarco Habit Robert Duvall The Apostle Robert Elswit Hard Eight Paul Schrader Touch Alex Vendler The Bible and Gun Club Victor Nunez Ulee’s Gold Christopher Guest and (Award given to the director) Eugene Levy Waiting for Guffman BEST FOREIGN FILM *The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Happy Together Wong Kar-Wai *Neil LaBute In the Company of Men Nenette et Boni Claire Denis Daniel J. Harris The Bible and Gun Club Mouth to Mouth (Boca a Boca) Manuel Gómez Pereira Steven S. Schwartz Critical Care Underground Emir Kusturica Paul Thomas Anderson Hard Eight Miguel Arteta Star Maps SWATCH SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) BEST FEMALE LEAD *Scott Saunders The Headhunter’s Sister *Julie Christie Afterglow Erin Dignam Loved Stacy Edwards In the Company of Men Tim Blake Nelson Eye of God Alison Folland All Over Me Lisa Harrow Sunday Robin Wright Penn Loved

BEST MALE LEAD *Robert Duvall The Apostle Peter Fonda Ulee’s Gold Philip Baker Hall Hard Eight John Turturro Box of Moonlight Christopher Guest Waiting for Guffman

36 | 1998 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD *Errol Morris Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Kirby Dick Sick Danielle Gardner Soul in the Hole Macky Alston Family Name Michele Ohayon Colors Straight Up

RALPH LAUREN PRODUCERS AWARD *Scott Macauley and Robin O’Hara First Love, Last Rites and What Happened Was… Margot Bridger Arresting Gena and The Delta Lisa Onodera Picture Bride and Forbidden City USA Richard Raddon Shooting Lily and …And God Spoke Susan Stover High Art and River of Grass

1998 NOMINEES | 37 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE 1997 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Elizabeth Peña Lone Star BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Queen Latifah Set It Off *Fargo Ethan Coen Mary Kay Place Manny & Lo Dead Man Demetra J. Macbride Lili Taylor Girls Town The Funeral Mary Kane Lily Tomlin Flirting with Disaster Lone Star R. Paul Miller and Maggie Renzi Welcome to the Dollhouse Todd Solondz BEST SUPPORTING MALE *Benicio Del Toro Basquiat BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) Kevin Corrigan Walking and Talking *Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton Matthew Faber Welcome to the Dollhouse Big Night Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci Gary Farmer Dead Man I Shot Andy Warhol Richard Jenkins Flirting with Disaster Manny & Lo Lisa Krueger Trees Lounge Steve Buscemi BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE *Heather Matarazzo Welcome to the Dollhouse BEST DIRECTOR Jena Malone Bastard Out of Carolina *Joel Coen Fargo Brendan Sexton III Welcome to the Dollhouse Abel Ferrera The Funeral Arie Verveen Caught David O. Russell Flirting with Disaster Jeffrey Wright Basquiat Todd Solondz Welcome to the Dollhouse Robert M. Young Caught BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Roger Deakins Fargo BEST SCREENPLAY Ken Kelsch The Funeral *Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Fargo Robby Müller Dead Man Jim Jarmusch Dead Man Bill Pope Bound David O. Russell Flirting with Disaster Rob Sweeney Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day Lone Star Nicholas St. John The Funeral BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Breaking the Waves Lars Von Trier *Joseph Tropiano and Chungking Express Wong Kar-Wai Stanley Tucci Big Night Lamerica Gianni Amelio Steve Buscemi Trees Lounge Trainspotting Danny Boyle Lisa Krueger Manny & Lo Michael Scott Myers The Whole Wide World Suzan-Lori Parks Girl 6 SWATCH SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (Award given to the director) BEST FEMALE LEAD *Larry Fessenden Habit Joe Brewster The Keeper *Frances McDormand Fargo Chris Smith American Job Maria Conchita Alonso Caught Scarlett Johansson Manny & Lo DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD Catherine Keener Walking and Talking *Director: Leon Gast When We Were Kings Reneé Zellweger The Whole Wide World Producers: Leon Gast, DavidSonenberg, BEST MALE LEAD and Taylor Hackford *William H. Macy Fargo Director/Producers/Writers: Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Chris Cooper Lone Star Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher Chris Penn The Funeral Directors/Producers: Celluloid Closet Tony Shalhoub Big Night Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Stanley Tucci Big Night Friedman; Writers: Sharon Wood, Armistead Maupin, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman Writer/Director: Al Pacino Looking for Richard Producers: Al Pacino and Michael Hadge Directors/Producers: Paradise Lost 38 | 1997 NOMINEES Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

1996 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) BEST SUPPORTING MALE *Benicio Del Toro The Usual Suspects BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) James Le Gros Living in Oblivion *Leaving Lila Cazes and Annie Stewart David Morse The Crossing Guard The Addiction Denis Hann and Fernando Sulichin Max Perlich Georgia Living in Oblivion Michael Griffiths and Marcus Viscidi Harold Perrineau Smoke Safe Christine Vachon and Lauren Zalaznick The Secret of Roan Inish Sarah Green and Maggie Renzi BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE *Justin Pierce Kids BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) Jason Andrews Rhythm Thief *The Brothers McMullen Edward Burns Lisa Bowman River of Grass Kids Larry Clark Gabriel Casseus New Jersey Drive Little Odessa James Gray Rose McGowan The Doom Generation Picture Bride Kayo Hatta

River of Grass Kelly Reichardt BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST DIRECTOR *Declan Quinn Leaving Las Vegas *Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas Elliot Davis The Underneath Michael Almereyda Nadja Jim Denault Nadja Ulu Grosbard Georgia Tom Richmond Little Odessa Todd Haynes Safe Newton Thomas Sigel The Usual Suspects John Sayles The Secret of Roan Inish BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) BEST SCREENPLAY *Before The Rain Milcho Manchevski *Christopher McQuarrie The Usual Suspects The City of Lost Children Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet Tom Di Cillo Living In Oblivion Exotica Atom Egoyan Mike Figgis Leaving Las Vegas I Am Cuba Mikhail Kalatozov Todd Haynes Safe Through the Olive Trees Abbas Kiarostami John Sayles The Secret of Roan Inish SWATCH SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

(Award given to the director) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Christopher Münch Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day * Smoke Tim McCann Desolation Angels James Gray Little Odessa Jennifer Montgomery Art for Teachers of Children Harmony Korine Kids Kelly Reichardt River of Grass Steve McLean Postcards from America Rafael Zelinsky Fun Kelly Reichardt River of Grass

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Elizabeth Shue Leaving Las Vegas Jennifer Jason Leigh Georgia Elina Lowensohn Nadja Julianne Moore Safe Lili Taylor The Addiction

BEST MALE LEAD *Sean Penn Dead Man Walking Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas Tim Roth Little Odessa Jimmy Smits My Family Kevin Spacey Swimming With Sharks

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Mare Winningham Georgia Jennifer Lopez My Family Vanessa Redgrave Little Odessa Chloe Sevigny Kids Celia Weston Dead Man Walking 1996 NOMINEES | 39 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST MALE LEAD 1995 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Sihung Lung Eat Drink Man Woman *Pulp Fiction Lawrence Bender William H. Macy Oleanna Bullets Over Broadway Robert Greenhut Campbell Scott Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Eat Drink Man Woman Ted Hope, Li Kong Hsu, Jon Seda I Like It Like That and James Schamus Mrs. Parker and the BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Vicious Circle Robert Altman *Dianne Wiest Bullets Over Broadway Wes Craven’s V.S. Brodie Go Fish New Nightmare Marianne Maddalena Carla Gallo Spanking the Monkey Kelly Lynch The Beans of Egypt, Maine BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) Brooke Smith Vanya on 42nd Street *Spanking the Monkey David O. Russell Clean, Shaven Lodge Kerrigan BEST SUPPORTING MALE Clerks Kevin Smith * Bullets Over Broadway I Like It Like That Giancarlo Esposito Fresh Suture David Siegel and Scott McGehee Larry Pine Vanya on 42nd Street BEST DIRECTOR Eric Stoltz Pulp Fiction Nicholas Turturro Federal Hill * Pulp Fiction John Dahl Red Rock West BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE Ang Lee Eat Drink Man Woman *Sean Nelson Fresh Death and the Maiden Jeff Anderson Clerks Alan Rudolph Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Jeremy Davies Spanking The Monkey BEST SCREENPLAY Alicia Witt Fun Reneé Zellweger Love and a .45 *Quentin Tarantino; stories Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Woody Allen and Bullets Over Broadway *John Thomas Barcelona Doug McGrat Greg Gardiner Suture Hui-Ling Wang, Flirting with Disaster Alexander Gruzynski I Like It Like That James Schamus, and Ang Lee Stevan Larner The Beans of Egypt, Maine Alan Rudolph and Lone Star Randy Sue Coburn Jong Lin Eat Drink Man Woman John Dahl and Rick Dahl Red Rock West (Award given to the director) BEST FOREIGN FILM BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY *Red Marin Karmitz and Gerard Ruey *David O. Russell Spanking the Monkey Blue Kite Tian Zhuangzhuang Paul Zehrer Blessing The Boys of St. Vincent Sam Grana and Claudio Luca Kevin Smith Clerks Ladybird, Ladybird Sally Hibbin James Bosley Fun Thirty-Two Short Films Niv Fichman About Glenn Gould Tom Noonan What Happened Was…

BEST FEMALE LEAD SPECIAL DISTINCTION *Linda Fiorentino The Last Seduction *Hoop Dreams Producers: Steve James, Jennifer Jason Leigh Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert Karen Sillas What Happened Was... SWATCH SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Lauren Veléz I Like It Like That (Award given to the director) Chien-Lien Wu Eat Drink Man Woman *Lodge Kerrigan Clean, Shaven

40 | 1995 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING MALE 1994 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Twenty Bucks BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Tate Donovan Inside Monkey Zetterland *Short Cuts Producer: Cary Brokaw Todd Field Ruby In Paradise Executive Producer: Scott Bushnell Edward Furlong American Heart Equinox Producer: David Blocker David Chung The Ballad of Little Jo Executive Producers: Nicolas Stiliadis, Syd Cappe, and Sandy Stern BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Much Ado About Nothing Producers: Stephen Evans, *Lisa Rinzler Menace II Society David Parfitt, and Elliot Davis Equinox Ruby In Paradise Executive Producer: Sam Gowan James R. Bagdonas American Heart The Wedding Banquet Producers: James Schamus, Ted Hope, and Ang Lee Executive Producer: Jiang Feng-Chyi Nancy Schreiber Chain Of Desire Alex Vlacos Ruby In Paradise BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) *El Mariachi Robert Rodriguez BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) American Heart Martin Bell *The Piano Combination Platter Tony Chan Like Water For Chocolate Alfonso Arau Mac John Tuturro Orlando Sally Potter Menace II Society Albert and Allen Hughes The Story of Qui Ju Yimou Zhang Naked Mike Leigh BEST DIRECTOR *Robert Altman Short Cuts Ang Lee The Wedding Banquet

Victor Nuñez Ruby In Paradise Robert Rodriquez El Mariachi John Turturro Mac

BEST SCREENPLAY *Short Cuts Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee, Neil Peng, James Schamus Combination Platter Edwin Baker and Tony Chan Household Saints Nancy Savoca and Richard Guay Ruby In Paradise Victor Nuñez

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Ashley Judd Ruby In Paradise May Chin The Wedding Banquet Ariyan Johnson Just Another Girl On The I.R.T. Much Ado About Nothing Suzy Amis The Ballad of Little Jo

BEST MALE LEAD *Jeff Bridges American Heart Vincent D’Onofrio Household Saints Mitchell Lichtenstein The Wedding Banquet Matthew Modine Equinox Tyrin Turner Menace II Society

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Lili Taylor Household Saints Lara Flynn Boyle Equinox Lucinda Jenney American Heart Ah-Leh Gua The Wedding Banquet Julianne Moore Short Cuts

1994 NOMINEES | 41 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST MALE LEAD 1993 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Harvey Keitel Bad Lieutenant BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Craig Chester Swoon *The Player Producers: David Brown, William H. Macy Oleanna Michael Tolkin, and Nich Wechsler Campbell Scott Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Executive Producer: Cary Brokaw Jon Seda I Like It Like That Bad Lieutenant Producers: Mary Kane, Edward R. Pressman, and Randall Sabusawa BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Executive Producers: Patrick Wachsberger, Ronna B. Wallace *Alfre Woodard Passion Fish Gas Food Lodging Producers: William Ewart, Daniel Hassid, Brooke Adams Gas Food Lodging and Seth M.Willenson; Executive Sara Gilbert Poison Ivy Producers: Christoph Henkel and Karen Sillas Simple Men Carl-Jan Colpaert Danitra Vanese Jumpin’ At The Boneyard Mississippi Masala Producers: Mira Nair and Michael Nozick Co-Producer: Mitch Epstein Executive Producer: Cherie Rodgers BEST SUPPORTING MALE One False Move Producers: Jesse Beaton and Ben Myron *Steve Buscemi Reservoir Dogs Executive Producers: Miles A. Copeland III, William Forsythe The Waterdance Paul Colichman, and Harold Welb Jeff Goldblum Deep Cover Wesley Snipes The Waterdance BEST FIRST FEATURE David Strathairn Passion Fish *The Waterdance Directors: Neal Jiminez and Michael Steinberg Producers: Gail Anne Hurd and Marie Cantin Executive Producer: Guy Riedel BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Laws of Gravity Director: Nick Gomez *Frederick Elmes Night on Earth Producers: Larry Meistrich and Bob Gosse Jon Jost All The Vermeers In New York My New Gun Director: Stacy Cochran Producer: Michael Flynn Jean de Segonzac Laws of Gravity Executive Producers: Miles A. Copeland III, Paul Ed Lachman Light Sleeper Colichman, and Harold Welb Ellen Kuras Swoon Reservoir Dogs Director: Quentin Tarantino Producers: Lawrence Bender and Harvey Keitel BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) Executive Producer: Richard N. Gladstein, *The Crying Game Ronna B. Wallace, and Monte Hellman Close to Eden Nikita Mikhalkov Swoon Director: Producers: Tom Kalin and Peter Wentworth Danzon Maria Novaro Executive Producers: Lauren Zalaznick, James Howards End James Ivory Schamus, and Christine Vachon Raise The Red Lantern Yimou Zhang

BEST DIRECTOR SPECIAL DISTINCTION *Carl Franklin One False Move *Hoop Dreams Producers: Steve James, Gas Food Lodging Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert Able Ferrara Bad Lieutenant BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Tom Kalin Swoon *Twin Peaks: Angelo Badalamenti Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Dogs Fire Walk With Me All the Vermeers in New York Jon A. English BEST SCREENPLAY One False Move Terry Plumeri, Peter Haycock, and Derek Holt * The Waterdance The Tune Maureen McElheron Keith Gordon A Midnight Clear Zebrahead Taj Mahal Allison Anders Gas Food Lodging Paul Schrader Light Sleeper Billy Bob Thorton One False Move and Tom Epperson

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Fairuza Balk Gas Food Lodging Laws of Gravity Catherine Keener Johnny Suede Sheryl Lee Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Cynda Williams One False Move 42 | 1993 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE 1992 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Diane Ladd Rambling Rose BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Sheila McCarthy Bright Angel *Rambling Rose Producer: Renny Harlin Deirdre O’Connell Pastime Executive Producers: Mario Kassar Emma Thompson Impromptu and Edgar J. Scherick Mary B. Ward Hangin’ with the Homeboys City of Hope Producers: Sara Green and Maggi Renzi Executive Producers: John Sloss and BEST SUPPORTING MALE Harold Welb *David Strathairn City of Hope Hangin’ with the Homeboys Producer: Richard Brick Executive Producer: Janet Grillo William H. Macy Homicide Homicide Producers: Michael Hausman and Edward R. John Malkovich Queen’s Logic Pressman Executive Producer: Ron Rotholtz George T. Odom Straight out of Brooklyn My Own Private Idaho Producer: Laurie Parker Glenn Plummer Pastime Executive Producer: Gus Van Sant BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST FIRST FEATURE *Walt Lloyd Kafka *Straight out of Brooklyn Director/Producer: Matty Rich Roger Deakins Homicide Executive Producers: Lindsay Law and Ira Deutchman Eric Alan Edwards My Own Private Idaho and John Campbell Chameleon Street Director: Wendell B. Harris Producer: Dan Lawton Johnny E. Jensen Rambling Rose Executive Producer: Helen B. Harris Tom Richmond Pastime Poison Director: Todd Haynes Producer: Christine Vachon BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) Executive Producers: James Schamus and *An Angel at My Table Jane Campion Brian Greenbaum The Double Life of The Rapture Director: Michael Tolkin Veronique Krzysztof Kieslowski Producers: Nick Wechsler, Nancy Tennenbaum, and Karen Koch Life Is Sweet Mike Leigh Executive Producer: Laurie Parker Requiem For Dominic Robert Dornhelm Slacker Director/Producer: Richard Linklater Taxi Blues Pavel Lungin

BEST DIRECTOR BEST FILM MUSIC *Martha Coolidge Rambling Rose *My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant Todd Haynes Poison Hangin’ with the David Chackler and Joel Sill Richard Linklater Slacker Homeboys Gus Van Sant My Own Private Idaho Kiss Me A Killer Marcos Loya and Nigel Holton Joseph B. Vasquez Hangin’ with the Homeboys Matter Of Degrees Jim Dunbar and Randall Poster Straight Out Of Brooklyn Harold Wheeler BEST SCREENPLAY *Gus Van Sant My Own Private Idaho Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra Mindwalk Lem Dobbs Kafka Michael Tolkin The Rapture Joseph B. Vasquez Hangin’ with the Homeboys

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Judy Davis Impromptu Patsy Kensit Twenty-One Mimi Rogers The Rapture Lili Taylor Bright Angel Lily Tomlin The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe BEST MALE LEAD *River Phoenix My Own Private Idaho Doug E. Doug Hangin’ with the Homeboys Robert Duvall Rambling Rose Gary Oldman Rosencrantz & Guildstern Are Dead William Russ Pastime 1992 NOMINEES | 43 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE 1991 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Sheryl Lee Ralph To Sleep With Anger BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Tracy Arnold Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer *The Grifters , Robert Harris, and Ethel Ayler To Sleep With Anger James Painten Tisha Campbell House Party The Plot Against Harry Robert Young and Michael Roemer A.J. Johnson House Party Pump Up The Volume Rupert Harvey and Sandy Stern To Sleep With Anger Caldecott Chubb, Thomas Byrnes, BEST SUPPORTING MALE and Darin Scott * Longtime Companion Henry, Portrait of Willem Dafoe Wild At Heart a Serial Killer John McNaughton, Lisa Dedmond, Robin Harris House Party and Steven A. Jones Ben Lang The Plot Against Henry Tom Towles Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer BEST FIRST FEATURE *Metropolitan Producer/Director: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY House Party Producer: Warrington Hudlin *Fred Elmes Wild At Heart Director: Reginald Hudlin Bojan Bazelli King of New York Lightning Over Braddock Producer/Director: Tony Buba Peter Deming House Party The Natural History Of Parking Lots Producer: Aziz Ghazal Amir Mokri Life Is Cheap, But Toilet Paper Is Expensive Director: Everett Lewis Robert Young The Plot Against Harry Twister Producer: Wieland Schulz-Keil Director: Michael Almereyda BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) *Sweetie Jane Campion BEST DIRECTOR Black Rain Shohei Imamura *Charles Burnett One False Move City of Sadness Hsiao-Hsien Hou Reginald Hudlin House Party The Cook, The Thief, Peter Greenaway John McNaughton Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer His Wife, And Her Lover Allan Moyle Pump Up The Volume Freeze, Die, Come to Life Vitali Kanevsky Michael Roemer The Plot Against Harry

BEST SCREENPLAY *Charles Burnett To Sleep With Anger John McNaughton Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer and Richard Fire Allan Moyle Pump Up The Volume Michael Roemer The Plot Against Harry Whit Stillman Metropolitan

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Anjelica Huston The Grifters Mary Alice To Sleep With Anger Eszter Balint Bail Jumper Carolyn Farina Metropolitan Joanne Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

BEST MALE LEAD *Danny Glover To Sleep With Anger Martin Priest The Plot Against Harry Chris Reid House Party Michael Rooker Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer Christian Slater Pump Up The Volume

44 | 1991 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING MALE 1990 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *Max Perlich Drugstore Cowboy BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Steve Buscemi Mystery Train *Sex, Lies and Robert Newmeyer and John Hardy Scott Coffey Shag Videotape Gary Farmer Powwow Highway Drugstore Cowboy Nick Wechsler and Karen Murphy Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Mystery Train Heat and Sunlight Steve Burns Mystery Train Jim Stark BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY True Love Richard Guay and Shelley Houis *Robert Yeoman Drugstore Cowboy Toyomichi Kurita Powwow Highway BEST FIRST FEATURE Robby Müller Mystery Train *Heathers Michael Lehmann Oliver Stapleton Earth Girls Are Easy 84 Charlie Mopic Patrick Duncan Robert Tregenza Talking To Strangers Powwow Highway Jonathan Wacks Sidewalk Stories Charles Lane BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) Talking To Strangers Robert Tregenza *My Left Foot Producer: Noel Pearson Director: Jim Sheridan BEST DIRECTOR Distant Voices, Still Lives Producer: Jennifer Howarth *Steven Soderbergh Sex, Lies and Videotape Director: Terence Davies Jim Jarmusch Mystery Train Hanussen Producer: Artur Brauner Director: István Szabó Charles Lane Sidewalk Stories High Hopes Producers: Victor Glynn and Nancy Savoca True Love Simon Channing-Williams Gus Van Sant, Jr. Drugstore Cowboy Director: Mike Leigh Rouge (Yin Ji Kau) Producer: Jackie Chan BEST SCREENPLAY Director: Stanley Kwan *Gus Van Sant, Jr. Drugstore Cowboy and Daniel Yost Steve De Jarnatt Miracle Mile Patrick Duncan 84 Charlie Mopic

Jim Jarmusch Mystery Train Daniel Waters Heathers

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Andie McDowell Sex, Lies and Videotape Youki Kudoh Mystery Train Kelly Lynch Drugstore Cowboy Winona Ryder Heathers Annabella Sciorra True Love

BEST MALE LEAD *Matt Dillon Drugstore Cowboy Nicolas Cage Vampire’s Kiss Charles Lane Sidewalk Stories Randy Quaid Parents James Spader Sex, Lies and Videotape

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Laura San Giacomo Sex, Lies and Videotape Bridget Fonda Shag Heather Graham Drugstore Cowboy Mare Winningham Miracle Mile Mary Woronov Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills

1990 NOMINEES | 45 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING MALE 1989 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Stand and Deliver BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Ernest Borgnine Spike of Bensonhurst *Stand and Deliver Tom Musca Divine Hairspray Hairspray Rachel Talalay John Lone The Moderns Patti Rocks Gregory M. Cummins and Gwen Field John Turturro Five Corners The Thin Blue Line Mark Lipson Torch Song Trilogy Howard Gottfried BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Sven Nykvist The Unbearable Lightness of Being BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) Gregory M. Cummins Patti Rocks *Mystic Pizza Donald Petrie Toyomichi Kurita House Party Border Radio Allison Anders, Dean Lent, and Kurt Voss Robert Richardson Talk Radio Prince of Pennsylvania Ron Nyswaner Tom Richmond Stand and Deliver The Chocolate War Keith Gordon The Wash Michael Uno BEST FOREIGN FILM *Wings of Desire Producer: Anatole Dauman BEST DIRECTOR Director: Wim Wenders *Ramón Menéndez Stand and Deliver A World Apart Producer: Sarah Radclyffe Director: Chris Menges David Burton Morris Patti Rocks Bagdad Cafe Producers: Percy Adlon and Eleonore Adlon Errol Morris The Thin Blue Line Director: Percy Adlon Talk Radio Brightness Producer/Director: Soulemane Cisse John Waters Hairspray The Kitchen Toto Producer: Ann Skinner Director: Harry Hook BEST SCREENPLAY *Ramón Menéndez Stand and Deliver and Tom Musca Alan Rulolph and The Moderns Jon Bradshaw John Patrick Shanley Five Corners John Waters Hairspray John Jenkins, Karen Landry, Metropolitan David Burton Morris, and Chris Mulkey

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Jodie Foster Five Corners Ricki Lake Hairspray Nobu McCarthy The Wash Julia Roberts Mystic Pizza Meg Ryan Promised Land

BEST MALE LEAD *Edward James Olmos Stand and Deliver Eric Bogosian Talk Radio Harvey Fierstein Torch Song Trilogy Chris Mulkey Patti Rocks James Woods The Boost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Rosanna De Soto Stand and Deliver Bonnie Bedelia Prince of Pennsylvania Debbie Harry Hairspray Amy Madigan Prince of Pennsylvania Patti Yasutake The Wash

46 | 1989 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST SUPPORTING MALE 1988 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) * Street Smart BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Wings Hauser Tough Guys Don’t Dance *River’s Edge Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford James Earl Jones Matewan Matewan Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi Vincent Price The Whales of August Swimming To Cambodia Renee Shafransky David Strathairn Matewan The Big Easy Stephen Friedman Tough Guys Don’t Dance Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Haskell Wexler Matewan The Dead Wieland Schulz-Keil and Chris Sievernich John Bailey Tough Guys Don’t Dance BEST FIRST FEATURE Amir Mokri Slamdance *Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino Robby Müller Barfly Anna Yurek Bogayevicz Fred Murphy The Dead Hollywood Shuffle Robert Townsend (Award given to the director) Siesta Mary Lambert BEST FOREIGN FILM *My Life As A Dog Producer: Waldemar Bergendahl Waiting For The Moon Jill Godmilow Director: Lasse Hallström BEST DIRECTOR Au Revoir Les Enfants Producer/Director: Louis Malle *John Huston The Dead Hope And Glory Producer/Director: John Boorman Jonathan Demme Swimming To Cambodia Prick Up Your Ears Producer: Andrew Brown Director: Stephen Frears Tim Hunter River’s Edge Tampopo Producers: Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki, Jim McBride The Big Easy and Seigo Hosogoe John Sayles Matewan

BEST SCREENPLAY *Neal Jiminez River’s Edge

Spalding Gray Swimming To Cambodia Agnieszka Holland Anna Tony Huston The Dead John Sayles Matewan

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Sally Kirkland Anna Lillian Gish The Whales of August Louise Smith Working Girls Debra Sandlund Tough Guys Don’t Dance Joanne Woodward The Glass Menagerie

BEST MALE LEAD *Dennis Quaid The Big Easy Spalding Gray Swimming To Cambodia Terry O’Quinn The Stepfather Mickey Rourke Barfly James Woods Best Seller

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE *Anjelica Huston The Dead Karen Allen The Glass Menagerie Kathy Baker Street Smart Martha Plimpton Shy People Ann Sothern The Whales of August

1988 NOMINEES | 47 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

SPECIAL DISTINCTION (BEST FOREIGN FILM) 1987 NOMINEES (Winners in bold) *A Room With A View Director: James Ivory Producer: Ismail Merchant BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) Men Director: Doris Dorrie *Platoon Arnold Kopelson Producer: Harold Kugler Blue Velvet Fred Caruso Mona Lisa Director: Neil Jordan Down By Law Alan Kleinberg Producers: Stephen Woolley On Valentine’s Day Lillian Foote and Calvin Skaggs and Patrick Cassavetti Salvador Gerald Green and Oliver Stone My Beautiful Launderette Director: Stephen Frears Producers: Sarah Radclyffe and Tim Bevan Stand By Me Andrew Scheinman, Raynold Gideon, and Bruce Evans 28-Up Producer/Director: Michael Apted

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director(s)) *She’s Gotta Have It Spike Lee A Great Wall Peter Wang Belizaire The Cajun Glen Pitre Hoosiers David Anspaugh True Stories David Byrne

BEST DIRECTOR *Oliver Stone Platoon Jim Jarmusch Down By Law David Lynch Blue Velvet Rob Reiner Stand By Me Oliver Stone Salvador

BEST SCREENPLAY *Oliver Stone Platoon Peter Wang and Shirley Sun A Great Wall David Lynch Blue Velvet Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle Salvador Raynold Gideon and Stand By Me Bruce Evans

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Isabella Rossellini Blue Velvet Elpidia Carillo Salvador Patti Charbonneau Laura Dern Blue Velvet Tracy Camila Johns She’s Gotta Have It

BEST MALE LEAD *James Woods Salvador Roberto Benigni Down By Law Willem Dafoe Platoon Dennis Hopper Blue Velvet Victor Love Native Son

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Bob Richardson Platoon Frederick Elmes Blue Velvet Ed Lachman True Stories Robby Müller Down By Law Bob Richardson Salvador

48 | 1987 NOMINEES FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

1986 NOMINEES (Winners in bold)

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer(s)) *After Hours Amy Robinson, Robert F. Colesberry, and Griffin Dunne Blood Simple Ethan Coen Smooth Talk Martin Rosen The Trip To Bountiful Sterling Van Wagenen and

BEST DIRECTOR *Martin Scorsese After Hours (tie) *Joel Coen Blood Simple (tie) Joyce Chopra Smooth Talk Peter Masterson The Trip To Bountiful

BEST SCREENPLAY *Horton Foote The Trip To Bountiful Ethan and Joel Coen Blood Simple Tom Cole Smooth Talk Joseph Minion After Hours

BEST FEMALE LEAD *Geraldine Page The Trip To Bountiful Rosanna Arquette After Hours Laura Dern Smooth Talk Lori Singer Trouble In Mind

BEST MALE LEAD *M. Emmet Walsh Blood Simple Ruben Blades Crossover Dreams Tom Bower Wild Rose Treat Williams Smooth Talk

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY *Toyomichi Kurita Trouble In Mind Michael Ballhaus After Hours Michael G. Chin Dim Sum Barry Sonnenfeld Blood Simple

SPECIAL DISTINCTION (BEST FOREIGN FILM) (Award given to director) *Kiss of the Spider Woman Hector Babenco Dreamchild Gavin Millar The Hit Stephen Frears Ran Akira Kurosawa

1986 NOMINEES | 49