INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS

A precusor to some of the Oscars tonight?



Best Feature
Winner:


Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
Other Nominees:

American Splendor (2003) - Ted Hope

In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin

Raising Victor Vargas (2002) - Alain de la Mata, Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay, Peter Sollett

Shattered Glass (2003) - Craig Baumgarten, Tove Christensen, Gaye Hirsch, Adam Merims

Best Female Lead
Winner:

Charlize Theron for Monster (2003)
Other Nominees:

Agnes Bruckner for Blue Car (2002)

Zooey Deschanel for All the Real Girls (2003)

Samantha Morton for In America (2002)

Elisabeth Moss for Virgin (2003)

Best Male Lead
Winner:

Bill Murray for Lost in Translation (2003)
Other Nominees:

Peter Dinklage for Station Agent, The (2003)

Paul Giamatti for American Splendor (2003)

Ben Kingsley for House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Lee Pace for Soldier's Girl, A (2003) (TV)

Best Supporting Female
Winner:

Shohreh Aghdashloo for House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Other Nominees:

Sarah Bolger for In America (2002)

Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April (2003)

Hope Davis for Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2002)

Frances McDormand for Laurel Canyon (2002)

Best Supporting Male
Winner:

Djimon Hounsou for In America (2002)
Other Nominees:

Judah Friedlander for American Splendor (2003)

Troy Garity for Soldier's Girl, A (2003) (TV)

Alessandro Nivola for Laurel Canyon (2002)

Peter Sarsgaard for Shattered Glass (2003)

Best Director
Winner:

Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Other Nominees:

American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Elephant (2003) - Gus Van Sant

In America (2002) - Jim Sheridan

Raising Victor Vargas (2002) - Peter Sollett

Best Screenplay
Winner:

Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Other Nominees:

American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Mighty Wind, A (2003) - Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, ...and the cast of A Mighty Wind

Pieces of April (2003) - Peter Hedges

Shattered Glass (2003) - Billy Ray

Best First Screenplay
Winner:

Station Agent, The (2003) - Thomas McCarthy
Other Nominees:

Blue Car (2002) - Karen Moncrieff

Monster (2003) - Patty Jenkins

Raising Victor Vargas (2002) - Peter Sollett, Eva Vives

Thirteen (2003) - Catherine Hardwicke, Nikki Reed

Best Cinematography
Winner:

In America (2002) - Declan Quinn
Other Nominees:

Elephant (2003) - Harris Savides

Northfork (2003) - M. David Mullen

Quattro Noza (2003) - Derek Cianfrance

Shattered Glass (2003) - Mandy Walker

Best Debut Performance
Winner:

Nikki Reed for Thirteen (2003)
Other Nominees:

Anna Kendrick for Camp (2003)

Judy Marte for Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

Victor Rasuk for Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

Ja Nice Richardson for Anne B. Real (2003)

Best First Feature
Winner:

Monster (2003)
Other Nominees:

Bomb the System (2003)

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Quattro Noza (2003)

Thirteen (2003)

Best Foreign Film
Winner:

Whale Rider (2002) - Niki Caro (New Zealand)
Other Nominees:

Cidade de Deus (2002) - Fernando Meirelles (Brazil)

Lilja 4-ever (2002) - Lukas Moodysson (Denmark)

Magdalene Sisters, The (2002) - Peter Mullan (England/Ireland)

Triplettes de Belleville, Les (2003) - Sylvain Chomet (France)

Best Documentary
Winner:

Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) - Errol Morris
Other Nominees:

Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) - George Hickenlooper

My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003) - Nathaniel Kahn

OT: Our Town (2002) - Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Power Trip (2003) - Paul Devlin

John Cassavetes Award
Winner:

Station Agent, The (2003) - Thomas McCarthy, Mary Jane Skalski, Robert May, Kathryn Tucker
Other Nominees:

Anne B. Real (2003) - Lisa France, Antonio Macia, Josselyne Herman, Luis Moro, Jeanine Rohn

Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) - Justin Lin, Ernesto Foronda, Fabian Marquez, Julie Asato

Pieces of April (2003) - Peter Hedges, Alexis Alexanian, John S. Lyons, Gary Winick

Virgin (2003) - Deborah Kampmeier, Sarah Schenck