..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

Indie Spirit Awards

 

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

• Juno
  Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith

BEST DIRECTOR

• Julian Schnabel
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Award given to the director and producer

• The Lookout
  Director: Scott Frank
  Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes

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.

• August Evening
  Writer/Directpr: Chris Eska
  Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Tamara Jenkins
  The Savages

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Diablo Cody
  Juno

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Ellen Page
  Juno

BEST MALE LEAD

• Philip Seymour Hoffman
  The Savages

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Cate Blanchett
  I'm Not There

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Chiwetel Ejiofor
  Talk To Me

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Janusz Kaminski
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Award given to the director

• Crazy Love
  Director: Dan Klores

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Award given to the director

• Once
  Director: John Carney
  ( Ireland)

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, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger

Nominations

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

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
• I'm Not There
  Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
• Juno
  Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
• A Mighty Heart
  Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
• Paranoid Park
  Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress

BEST DIRECTOR

• Todd Haynes
  I'm Not There
• Tamara Jenkins
  The Savages
• Jason Reitman
  Juno
• Julian Schnabel
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Gus Van Sant
  Paranoid Park

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Award given to the director and producer

• 2 Days in Paris
  Director: Julie Delpy
  Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
• Great World of Sound
  Director: Craig Zobel
  Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
• The Lookout
  Director: Scott Frank
  Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
• Rocket Science
  Director: Jeffrey Blitz
  Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch
• Vanaja
  Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli
  Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli

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.

• August Evening
  Writer/Directpr: Chris Eska
  Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling
• Owl and the Sparrow
  Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger
  Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger
• The Pool
  Director: Chris Smith
  Producer: Kate Noble
  Writer: Chris Smith & Randy Russell
• Quiet City
  Director: Aaron Katz
  Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
  Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau
• Shotgun Stories
  Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols
  Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Ronald Harwood
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Tamara Jenkins
  The Savages
• Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
  Starting Out in the Evening
• Adrienne Shelly
  Waitress
• Mike White
  Year of the Dog

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Jeffrey Blitz
  Rocket Science
• Zoe Cassavetes
  Broken English
• Diablo Cody
  Juno
• Kelly Masterson
  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• John Orloff
  A Mighty Heart

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Angelina Jolie
  A Mighty Heart
• Sienna Miller
  Interview
• Ellen Page
  Juno
• Parker Posey
  Broken English
• Tang Wei
  Lust, Caution

BEST MALE LEAD

• Pedro Castaneda
  August Evening
• Don Cheadle
  Talk To Me
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
  The Savages
• Frank Langella
  Starting Out in the Evening
• Tony Leung
  Lust, Caution

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Cate Blanchett
  I'm Not There
• Anna Kendrick
  Rocket Science
• Jennifer Jason Leigh
  Margot at the Wedding
• Tamara Podemski
  Four Sheets to the Wind
• Marisa Tomei
  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Chiwetel Ejiofor
  Talk To Me
• Marcus Carl Franklin
  I'm Not There
• Kene Holliday
  Great World of Sound
• Irrfan Khan
  The Namesake
• Steve Zahn
  Rescue Dawn

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Mott Hupfel
  The Savages
• Janusz Kaminski
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Milton Kam
  Vanaja
• Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
  Youth Without Youth
• Rodrigo Prieto
  Lust, Caution

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Award given to the director

• Crazy Love
  Director: Dan Klores
• Lake of Fire
  Director: Tony Kaye
• Manufactured Landscapes
  Director: Jennifer Baichwal
• The Monastery
  Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
• The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
  Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Award given to the director

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  Director: Cristian Mungiu
  ( Romania)
• The Band's Visit
  Director: Eran Kolirin
  ( Israel)
• Lady Chatterley
  Director: Pascale Ferran
  ( France)
• Once
  Director: John Carney
  ( Ireland)
• Persepolis
  Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
  ( France)

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, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger