Awards Tour 2012: Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners
The 27th Independent Spirit Awards announced its winners on Saturday, February 25, and we’ve got the complete list. See below to find out who took home the honors!
Best Film
93% |
The Artist 95% |
86% |
88% |
93% |
92% |
Best Male Lead
A Better Life |
Jean Dujardin The Artist |
Drive |
Rampart |
Take Shelter |
Best Female Lead
Think of Me |
Natural Selection |
Pariah |
Martha Marcy May Marlene |
Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn |
Best Supporting Male
Drive |
Martha Marcy May Marlene |
Christopher Plummer Beginners |
Cedar Rapids |
Midnight in Paris |
Best Supporting Female
Take Shelter |
50/50 |
Albert Nobbs |
Gun Hill Road |
Shailene Woodley The Descendants |
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist |
Beginners |
Take Shelter |
The Descendants |
Drive |
Best First Feature
Margin Call – Winner!
John Cassavetes Award
Pariah – Winner!
Best Screenplay
Beginners: Mike Mills
The Descendants: Alexander Payner, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – Winner!
Footnote: Joseph Cedar
The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
Win Win: Tom McCarthy
Best First Screenplay
Another Earth: Mike Cahill, Brit Marling
Terri: Patrick deWitt
Cedar Rapids: Phil Johnston
50/50: Will Reiser – Winner!
Margin Call: J.C. Chandor
Best Cinematography
The Artist – Winner!
Best Documentary
The Interrupters – Winner!
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Best Foreign Film
The Kid With a Bike: Belgium
Melancholia: Denmark
A Separation: Iran – Winner!
Shame: United Kingdom
Tyrannosaur: United Kingdom
Robert Altman Award
Piaget Producers Award
Mosquita y Mari: Chad Burris
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Josh Bond
Take Shelter: Sophia Lynn – Winner!
Someone to Watch Award
Silver Tongues: Simon Arthur
Without: Mark Jackson – Winner!
Mamitas: Nicholas Ozeki
Truer Than Fiction Award
Where Soldiers Come From – Winner!





