2003 Nominees

Independent Spirit Awards
March 22, 2003

Best Feature
Far From Heaven
Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon

Best Director
Todd Haynes
Far From Heaven

Best First Feature
(Award given to the Director)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Director: Peter Care

Best Supporting Female
Emily Mortimer
Lovely & Amazing

Best Supporting Male
Dennis Quaid
Far From Heaven

Best Female Lead
Julianne Moore
Far From Heaven

Best Male Lead
Derek Luke
Antwone Fisher

Best Cinematography
Far From Heaven
Edward Lachman

Best Foreign Film
Y Tu Mamá También - Mexico
Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Best Documentary
Bowling for Columbine
Director: Michael Moore

Best Debut Performance
Nia Vardalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

John Cassavetes Award
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.) Award given to the Writer, Director, and Producer. Executive Producers are not listed.
Personal Velocity
Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller
Producers: Alexis Alexanian, Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick

Best Screenplay
The Good Girl
Mike White

Best First Screenplay
Secretary
Erin Cressida Wilson

 

Independent Spirit Award Nominees
December 11, 2002

BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the Producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.

Far From Heaven
Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon

The Good Girl
Producer: Matthew Greenfield

Lovely & Amazing
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, Ted Hope

Secretary
Producers: Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby, Steven Shainberg

Tully
Producers: Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Joe Carnahan
Narc

Todd Haynes
Far From Heaven

Nicole Holofcener
Lovely & Amazing

Bernard Rose
ivans xtc.

Gus Van Sant
Gerry

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Good Girl
Mike White

Lovely & Amazing
Nicole Holofcener

Roger Dodger
Dylan Kidd

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher

Tully
Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake

BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the Director)

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Director: Peter Care

Interview with the Assassin
Director: Neil Burger

Manito
Director: Eric Eason

Paid In Full
Director: Charles Stone III

Roger Dodger
Director: Dylan Kidd

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Hysterical Blindness
Laura Cahill

Igby Goes Down
Burr Steers

Interview with the Assassin
Neil Burger

Kissing Jessica Stein
Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt

Secretary
Erin Cressida Wilson

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.)
Award given to the Writer, Director, and Producer. Executive Producers are not listed.

Charlotte Sometimes
Director/Writer: Eric Byler
Producers: Marc Ambrose, Eric Byler

Dahmer
Director/Writer: David Jacobson
Producer: Larry Rattner

ivans xtc.
Director: Bernard Rose
Writers: Lisa Enos and Bernard Rose
Producer: Lisa Enos

Personal Velocity
Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller
Producers: Alexis Alexanian, Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
(Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)

Bob Burrus
Tully

America Ferrera
Real Women Have Curves

Raven Goodwin
Lovely & Amazing

Artel Kayaru
Dahmer

Nia Vardalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Viola Davis
Antwone Fisher

Jacqueline Kim
Charlotte Sometimes

Juliette Lewis
Hysterical Blindness

Emily Mortimer
Lovely & Amazing

Julianne Nicholson
Tully

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Ray Liotta
Narc

Dennis Quaid
Far From Heaven

John C. Reilly
The Good Girl

Peter Weller
ivans xtc.

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Jennifer Aniston
The Good Girl

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Secretary

Catherine Keener
Lovely & Amazing

Julianne Moore
Far From Heaven

Parker Posey
Personal Velocity

BEST MALE LEAD

Graham Greene
Skins

Danny Huston
ivans xtc.

Derek Luke
Antwone Fisher

Jeremy Renner
Dahmer

Campbell Scott
Roger Dodger

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Far From Heaven
Edward Lachman

Gerry
Harris Savides

Interview with the Assassin
Richard Rutkowski

Narc
Alex Nepomniaschy

Personal Velocity
Ellen Kuras

BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the Director)

Bloody Sunday - Ireland
Director: Paul Greengrass

The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) - Canada
Director: Zacharias Kunuk

The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) - France/Austria
Director: Michael Haneke

Time Out (L'Emploi du temps) - France
Director: Laurent Cantet

Y Tu Mamá También - Mexico
Director: Alfonso Cuaron

BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the Director)

Bowling for Columbine
Director: Michael Moore

The Cockettes
Directors: Bill Weber and David Weissman

Devil's Playground
Director: Lucy Walker

How to Draw a Bunny
Director: John Walter

Stevie
Director: Steve James

 

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