22nd Independent Spirit Awards

The 22nd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2006, were announced on February 24, 2007. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Little Miss Sunshine

Best First Feature

Best Director

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine

Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion
Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl
Steven Soderbergh – Bubble

Best Male Lead

Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

Best Female Lead

Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration
Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land
Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty
Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters

Best Supporting Male

Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine

Raymond J. Barry – Steel City
Daniel Craig – Infamous
Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Best Supporting Female

Frances McDormand – Friends with Money

Melonie Diaz – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Marcia Gay Harden – American Gun
Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl
Amber Tamblyn – Stephanie Daley

Best Screenplay

Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman

Friends with Money – Nicole Holofcener
The Illusionist – Neil Burger
The Painted Veil – Ron Nyswaner
Sorry, Haters – Jeff Stanzler

Best First Screenplay

Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt

Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel
Half Nelson – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić

Best Cinematography

Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro

Brothers of the Head – Anthony Dod Mantle
Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley
Man Push Cart – Michael Simmonds
Wild Tigers I Have Known – Aaron Platt

Best Foreign Film

The Lives of Others • Germany

12:08 East of Bucharest • Romania
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros • Philippines
Chronicle of an Escape • Argentina
Days of Glory • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium

Best Documentary Feature

The Road to Guantanamo

A Lion in the House
My Country, My Country
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
You're Gonna Miss Me

John Cassavetes Award

Quinceañera

Truer Than Fiction Award

The Tailenders

Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Shortbus and Pizza

Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof – Half Nelson and Point&Shoot
Julie Lynn – Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less

Someone to Watch Award

Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night

So Yong Kim – In Between Days
Richard Wong – Colma: The Musical

Robert Altman Award

Robert Altman

Special Distinction Award

David Lynch and Laura Dern for their collaborative work

References

"Independent Spirit noms announced". Variety. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
""Half Nelson," "Little Miss Sunshine" Top Spirit Award Nominations". indieWire. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
"This year, an independent spirit reemerges". Los Angeles Times. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
"'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards". Variety. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
"'Sunshine' day at Spirit Awards". The Envelope. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
"Spirit Awards Hail Sunshine". Time. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

External links

2006 Spirit Awards at IMDb

Independent Spirit Awards
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