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DAILY NEWS: Spirit Award Winners

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The 16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Winners

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

  • "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
    Producers: Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee

    BEST DIRECTOR

  • Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

    BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Kenneth Lonergan, "You Can Count On Me"

    BEST FIRST FEATURE
    (Award given to the Director & Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)

  • "You Can Count On Me"
    Director: Kenneth Lonergan
    Producers: John N. Hart & Jeffrey Sharp

    BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

  • Gina Prince-Bythewood, "Love & Basketball"

    BEST FEATURE - Under $500,000
    (Award given to Writer, Director & Producer. Executive Producers are not listed)

  • "Chuck & Buck"
    Director: Miguel Arteta
    Producer: Matthew Greenfield
    Writer: Mike White

    BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
    (Actors making their first appearance in a feature film)

  • Michelle Rodriguez, "Girlfight"

    BEST FEMALE LEAD

  • Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"

    BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

  • Zhang Ziyi, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

    BEST MALE LEAD

  • Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls"

    BEST SUPPORTING MALE

  • Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire"

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

  • Matthew Libatique, "Requiem for a Dream"

    BEST FOREIGN FILM
    (Award given to the Director. Executive Producers are not listed)

  • "Dancer in the Dark," Director: Lars Von Trier

    BEST DOCUMENTARY
    (Award Given to Director)

  • "Dark Days", Marc Singer

    FINALISTS FOR MOVADO SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

  • Marc Forster, "Everything Put Together"

    FINALISTS FOR DirectTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

  • David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro, "Keep the River on the Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale"

    FINALISTS FOR MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD

  • Paul S. Mezey, "The Ballad of Ramblin Jack" and "Spring Forward"