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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    • 1999199819971996199519941993199219911990

    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Velvet Goldmine

      6.9 (40K)
      Maryse Alberti
    • [object Object]

      Pi

      7.3 (190K)
      Matthew Libatique
    • [object Object]

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Tami Reiker
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Paul Sarossy
    • [object Object]

      Belly

      6.2 (13K)
      Malik Hassan Sayeed

    Best Debut Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Smoke Signals

      7.2 (13K)
      Evan Adams
    • [object Object]

      A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Anthony Roth Costanzo
    • [object Object]

      Miss Monday

      5.9 (215)
      Andrea Hart
    • [object Object]

      Slam

      7.0 (2.5K)
      Sonja Sohn
    • [object Object]

      Slam

      7.0 (2.5K)
      Saul Williams

    Best Director

    • Wes Anderson
      Winner
      • Wes Anderson
      • Rushmore
    • Todd Haynes
      • Todd Haynes
      • Velvet Goldmine
    • Lodge Kerrigan
      • Lodge Kerrigan
      • Claire Dolan
    • Paul Schrader
      • Paul Schrader
      • Affliction
    • Todd Solondz
      • Todd Solondz
      • Happiness

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gods and Monsters

      7.3 (34K)
      Paul Colichman
      Gregg Fienberg
      Mark R. Harris
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Linda Reisman
    • [object Object]

      Claire Dolan

      6.7 (1.5K)
      Ann Ruark
    • [object Object]

      Velvet Goldmine

      6.9 (40K)
      Christine Vachon
    • [object Object]

      A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Ismail Merchant

    Best Female Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Ally Sheedy
    • [object Object]

      Claire Dolan

      6.7 (1.5K)
      Katrin Cartlidge
    • [object Object]

      The Opposite of Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Christina Ricci
    • [object Object]

      Niagara, Niagara

      6.8 (1.8K)
      Robin Tunney
    • [object Object]

      Down in the Delta

      6.9 (2K)
      Alfre Woodard

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Opposite of Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Don Roos(director)
      David Paul Kirkpatrick(producer)
      Michael Besman(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Buffalo '66

      7.4 (65K)
      Vincent Gallo(director)
      Chris Hanley(producer)
    • [object Object]

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Lisa Cholodenko(director)
      Dolly Hall(producer)
      Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte(producer)
      Susan A. Stover(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Pi

      7.3 (190K)
      Darren Aronofsky(director)
      Eric Watson(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Slums of Beverly Hills

      6.7 (15K)
      Tamara Jenkins(director)
      Michael Nozik(producer)
      Stan Wlodkowski(producer)

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pi

      7.3 (190K)
      Darren Aronofsky
    • [object Object]

      Smoke Signals

      7.2 (13K)
      Sherman Alexie
    • [object Object]

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Lisa Cholodenko
    • [object Object]

      Slums of Beverly Hills

      6.7 (15K)
      Tamara Jenkins
    • [object Object]

      Niagara, Niagara

      6.8 (1.8K)
      Matthew Weiss

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Celebration

      8.0 (98K)
      Thomas Vinterberg
      Denmark.
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.7K)
      Shôhei Imamura
      Japan.
    • [object Object]

      The General

      7.2 (9.6K)
      John Boorman
      Ireland.
    • [object Object]

      Central Station

      8.0 (48K)
      Walter Salles
      Brazil.
    • [object Object]

      Fireworks

      7.7 (35K)
      Takeshi Kitano
      Japan.

    Best Male Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gods and Monsters

      7.3 (34K)
      Ian McKellen
    • [object Object]

      Happiness

      7.7 (78K)
      Dylan Baker
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Nick Nolte
    • [object Object]

      Hurlyburly

      5.8 (11K)
      Sean Penn
    • [object Object]

      Blind Faith

      7.3 (695)
      Courtney B. Vance

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Opposite of Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Don Roos
    • [object Object]

      Gods and Monsters

      7.3 (34K)
      Bill Condon
    • [object Object]

      The Spanish Prisoner

      7.1 (27K)
      David Mamet
    • [object Object]

      Blind Faith

      7.3 (695)
      Frank Military
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Paul Schrader

    Best Supporting Female

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gods and Monsters

      7.3 (34K)
      Lynn Redgrave
    • [object Object]

      The Baby Dance

      6.5 (498)
      Stockard Channing
    • [object Object]

      High Art

      6.6 (11K)
      Patricia Clarkson
    • [object Object]

      The Opposite of Sex

      6.4 (22K)
      Lisa Kudrow
    • [object Object]

      Under Heaven

      6.0 (317)
      Joely Richardson

    Best Supporting Male

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rushmore

      7.6 (204K)
      Bill Murray
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      James Coburn
    • [object Object]

      Blind Faith

      7.3 (695)
      Charles S. Dutton
    • [object Object]

      Smoke Signals

      7.2 (13K)
      Gary Farmer
    • [object Object]

      Happiness

      7.7 (78K)
      Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Truer Than Fiction Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Regret to Inform

      7.3 (375)
      Barbara Sonneborn
    • [object Object]

      Dear Jesse

      6.9 (163)
      Tim Kirkman
    • [object Object]

      Dying to Tell the Story

      7.9 (63)
      Kyra Thompson

    • Moment of Impact

      7.2 (20)
      Julia Loktev

    • Paulina

      7.7 (30)
      Vicky Funari

    Producers Award

    Edit
    • Ally Sheedy, Gabriel Mann, and Radha Mitchell in High Art (1998)
      Terumi Matthews and Nicole Zaray in The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997)
      Winners
      • High Art
      • The Sticky Fingers of Time
      Susan A. Stover
    • Summer Phoenix and Aesha Waks in Arresting Gena (1997)
      Shayne Gray in The Delta (1996)
      • Arresting Gena
      • The Delta
      Margot Bridger
    • Hurricane Streets (1997)
      Spring Forward (1999)
      • Hurricane Streets
      • Spring Forward
      Gill Holland
    • Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, and James Duval in The Doom Generation (1995)
      Nowhere (1997)
      • The Doom Generation
      • Nowhere
      Andrea Sperling

    Someone to Watch Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thirteen

      8.4 (67)
      David D. Williams
    • [object Object]

      One

      6.2 (282)
      Tony Barbieri
    • [object Object]

      Conceiving Ada

      5.0 (552)
      Lynn Hershman Leeson
    • [object Object]

      Snow

      6.9 (28)
      Eric Tretbar

    Also known as

    • Film Independent's Spirit Awards
    • FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents")
    • Independent Spirit Awards

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    Event date

    March 20, 1999

    Event location

    California, USA

    Event links

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