Independent Spirit Awards

BEST FEATURE

Little Miss Sunshine
Producers: Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

BEST DIRECTOR

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Sweet Land
Director: Ali Selim Producers: Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Quinceanera
Writer/Directors: Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland Producer: Anne Clements

BEST SCREENPLAY

Jason Reitman
Thank You For Smoking

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Michael Arndt
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Shareeka Epps
Half Nelson

BEST MALE LEAD

Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Frances McDormand
Friends with Money

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Guillermo Navarro
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Road to Guantanamo
Directors: Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross

BEST FOREIGN FILM

The Lives of Others (Germany)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

SPECIAL AWARDS - IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award

Julia Loktev
director of Day Night Day Night

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horn
The Tailenders

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell
producers of Shortbus and Pizza

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
David Lynch and Laura Dern

 

Nominations
Nominations: November 28, 2006


SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
David Lynch and Laura Dern

BEST FEATURE

American Gun
Producer: Ted Kroeber

The Dead Girl
Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen

Half Nelson
Producers: Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg

Little Miss Sunshine
Producers: Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Pan’s Labyrinth
Producers: Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo Del Toro

BEST DIRECTOR

Robert Altman
A Prairie Home Companion

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Little Miss Sunshine

Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson

Karen Moncrieff
The Dead Girl

Steven Soderbergh
Bubble

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Day Night Day Night
Director: Julia Loktev
Producers: Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin

Man Push Cart
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley III

The Motel
Director: Michael Kang
Producers: Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon, Karin Chien

Sweet Land
Director: Ali Selim Producers: Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

Wristcutters: A Love Story
Director: Goran Dukic
Producers: Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Chalk
Director: Mike Akel Producers: Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass Writers: Chris Mass & Mike Akel

Four Eyed Monsters
Writer/Director/Producers: Arin Crumley & Susan Buice

Old Joy
Director: Kelly Reichardt Producers: Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp Writers: Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt

Quinceanera
Writer/Directors: Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland Producer: Anne Clements

Twelve and Holding
Director: Michael Cuesta Producers: Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer Writer: Anthony S. Cipriano

BEST SCREENPLAY

Neil Burger
The Illusionist

Nicole Holofcener
Friends with Money

Ron Nyswaner
The Painted Veil

Jason Reitman
Thank You For Smoking

Jeff Stanzler
Sorry, Haters

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Michael Arndt
Little Miss Sunshine

Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson

Goran Dukic
Wristcutters: A Love Story

Dito Montiel
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Gabrielle Zevin
Conversations with Other Women

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Shareeka Epps
Half Nelson

Catherine O’Hara
For Your Consideration

Elizabeth Reaser
Sweet Land

Michelle Williams
Land of Plenty

Robin Wright Penn
Sorry, Haters

BEST MALE LEAD

Aaron Eckhart
Thank You For Smoking

Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson

Edward Norton
The Painted Veil

Ahmad Razvi
Man Push Cart

Forest Whitaker
American Gun

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Melonie Diaz
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Marcia Gay Harden
American Gun

Mary Beth Hurt
The Dead Girl

Frances McDormand
Friends with Money

Amber Tamblyn
Stephanie Daley

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine

Raymond J. Barry
Steel City

Daniel Craig
Infamous

Paul Dano
Little Miss Sunshine

Channing Tatum
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arin Crumley
Four Eyed Monsters

Anthony Dod Mantle
Brothers of the Head

Guillermo Navarro
Pan’s Labyrinth

Aaron Platt
Wild Tigers I Have Known

Michael Simmonds
Man Push Cart

BEST DOCUMENTARY

A Lion in the House
Directors: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert

My Country, My Country
Director: Laura Poitras

The Road to Guantanamo
Directors: Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross

The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Directors: Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern

You’re Gonna Miss Me
Director: Keven McAlester

BEST FOREIGN FILM

12:08 East of Bucharest (Romania)
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Philippines)
Director: Auraeus Solito

Chronicle of an Escape  (Argentina)
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano

Days of Glory (France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb

The Lives of Others (Germany)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

SPECIAL AWARDS - IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award

So Yong Kim
director of In Between Days

Julia Loktev
director of Day Night Day Night

Richard Wong
director of Colma: The Musical

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horn
The Tailenders

Eric Daniel Metzgar
The Chances of the World Changing

AJ Schnack
Kurt Cobain About A Son

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Producers Award

Julie Lynn
producer of Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less

Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof
producers of Half Nelson and Point & Shoot

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell
producers of Shortbus and Pizza