Independent Spirit Awards: 2007

Independent Spirit Award

Date:	24 February
Host:	Sarah Silverman

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	Friends with Money (2006) - Frances McDormand
Other Nominees:
	American Gun (2005) - Marcia Gay Harden Dead Girl, The (2006) - Mary Beth Hurt Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Melonie Diaz Stephanie Daley (2006) - Amber Tamblyn

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Alan Arkin
Other Nominees:
	Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Channing Tatum Infamous (2006) - Daniel Craig (I) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Paul Dano Steel City (2006) - Raymond J. Barry

Best Director


Winner:
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris
Other Nominees:
	Bubble (2005/I) - Steven Soderbergh Dead Girl, The (2006) - Karen Moncrieff Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Fleck Prairie Home Companion, A (2006) - Robert Altman (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Jason Reitman
Other Nominees:
	Friends with Money (2006) - Nicole Holofcener Illusionist, The (2006) - Neil Burger Painted Veil, The (2006) - Ron Nyswaner Sorry, Haters (2005) - Jeff Stanzler

Best First Screenplay


Winner:
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Michael Arndt (II)
Other Nominees:
	Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Gabrielle Zevin Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) - Dito Montiel Half Nelson (2006) - Anna Boden; Ryan Fleck Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) - Goran Dukic

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Guillermo Navarro
Other Nominees:
	Brothers of the Head (2005) - Anthony Dod Mantle Four Eyed Monsters (2005) - Arin Crumley Man Push Cart (2005) - Michael Simmonds Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) - Aaron Platt (II)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Road to Guantanamo, The (2006) - Michael Winterbottom; Mat Whitecross
Other Nominees:
	"P.O.V." (1988) {My Country, My Country} - Laura Poitras Lion in the House, A (2006) - Steven Bognar; Julia Reichert (I) Trials of Darryl Hunt, The (2006) - Anne Sundberg; Ricki Stern You're Gonna Miss Me (2005) - Keven McAlester

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - Germany.
Other Nominees:
	A fost sau n-a fost? (2006) - Corneliu Porumboiu - Romania. Crónica de una fuga (2006) - Adri�n Caetano - Argentina. Indigènes (2006) - Rachid Bouchareb - France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium. Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Ang (2005) - Auraeus Solito - Philippines.

Best First Feature


Winner:
	Sweet Land (2005) - Ali Selim (director/producer); Alan Cumming (producer); James Bigham (III) (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Day Night Day Night (2006) - Julia Loktev (director/producer); Melanie Judd (I) (producer); Jessica Levin (II) (producer) Man Push Cart (2005) - Ramin Bahrani (director/producer); Pradip Ghosh (producer); Bedford T. Bentley (producer) Motel, The (2005) - Michael Kang (I) (director); Matthew Greenfield (producer); Miguel Arteta (producer); Gina Kwon (producer); Karin Chien (producer) Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) - Goran Dukic (director); Adam Sherman (I) (producer); Chris Coen (producer); Tatiana Kelly (producer); Mikal P. Lazarev (producer)

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Gosling (I)
Other Nominees:
	American Gun (2005) - Forest Whitaker Man Push Cart (2005) - Ahmad Razvi Painted Veil, The (2006) - Edward Norton (I) Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Aaron Eckhart

Best Feature


Winner:
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Marc Turtletaub; David T. Friendly; Peter Saraf; Albert Berger; Ron Yerxa
Other Nominees:
	American Gun (2005) - Ted Kroeber Dead Girl, The (2006) - Tom Rosenberg; Henry Winterstern; Gary Lucchesi; Richard Wright; Eric Karten; Kevin Turen Half Nelson (2006) - Jamie Patricof; Alex Orlovsky; Lynette Howell; Anna Boden; Rosanne Korenberg Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Bertha Navarro; Alfonso Cuar�n; Frida Torresblanco; �lvaro August�n; Guillermo del Toro

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Half Nelson (2006) - Shareeka Epps
Other Nominees:
	For Your Consideration (2006) - Catherine O'Hara Land of Plenty (2004) - Michelle Williams (I) Sorry, Haters (2005) - Robin Wright Penn Sweet Land (2005) - Elizabeth Reaser


Winner:
	David Lynch (I); Laura Dern - For their collaborative work.


Winner:
	Quinceañera (2006) - Richard Glatzer (writer/director); Wash Westmoreland (writer/director); Anne Clements (I) (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Chalk (2006/I) - Mike Akel (director/writer/producer); Angie Alvarez (II) (producer); Graham Davidson (I) (producer); Chris Mass (writer/producer) Four Eyed Monsters (2005) - Arin Crumley (director/writer/producer); Susan Buice (director/writer/producer) Old Joy (2006) - Kelly Reichardt (director/writer); Lars Knudsen (I) (producer); Jay Van Hoy (producer); Anish Savjani (producer); Neil Kopp (producer); Jonathan Raymond (III) (writer) Twelve and Holding (2005) - Michael Cuesta (director/producer); Leslie Urdang (producer); Michael Cuesta (producer); Brian Bell (III) (producer); Jenny Schweitzer (producer); Anthony Cipriano (I) (writer)


Winner:
	"P.O.V." (1988) {The Tailenders (#19.5)} - Adele Horne
Other Nominees:
	Chances of the World Changing, The (2006) - Eric Daniel Metzgar Kurt Cobain About a Son (2006) - AJ Schnack


Winner:
	Shortbus (2006) - Howard Gertler; Tim Perell - Also for Pizza (2005).
Other Nominees:
	Half Nelson (2006) - Alex Orlovsky; Jamie Patricof - Also for Point&Shoot (2004). Nine Lives (2006) - Julie Lynn (I) - Also for 10 Items or Less (2006).


Winner:
	Day Night Day Night (2006) - Julia Loktev
Other Nominees:
	Colma: The Musical (2006) - Richard Wong (III) In Between Days (2006) - So Yong Kim