Spirit Awards 2016

31st Film Independent Spirit Award Winners

The following is a complete list of the winners:

Best Feature: Spotlight (Open Road Films)


Best Director: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight (Open Road Films)

Best Screenplay: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight (Open Road Films)

Best First Feature: The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics)
Director: Marielle Heller

Best First Screenplay: Emma Donoghue, Room (A24)

John Cassavetes Award (For best feature made under $500,000): Krisha (A24)
Writer/Director/Producer: Trey Edward Shults

Best Supporting Female: Mya Taylor,Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Supporting Male: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street/Netflix)

Best Female Lead: Brie Larson, Room (A24)

Best Male Lead: Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street/Netflix)

Robert Altman Award: Spotlight (Open Road Films) Director: Tom McCarthy

Best Cinematography: Ed Lachman, Carol (The Weinstein Company)

Best Editing: Tom McArdle, Spotlight (Open Road Films)

Best International Film: Son of Saul (Hungary – Sony Pictures Classics)
Director: László Nemes

Best Documentary: The Look of Silence (Drafthouse Films/Participant Media)
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Spirit Award Winners 2015

30th Film Independent Spirit Award Winners

BEST FEATURE: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Producers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole

BEST MALE LEAD: Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST FEMALE LEAD: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

BEST SUPPORTING MALE: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
 
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST SCREENPLAY: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

BEST FIRST FEATURE: Nightcrawler
Director: Dan Gilroy
Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: Justin Simien, Dear White People

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Ida (Poland), Director: Paweł Pawlikowski

BEST DOCUMENTARY: CITIZENFOUR
Director/Producer: Laura Poitras - Producers: Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky

BEST EDITING: Tom Cross, Whiplash

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: H.
Directors: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia

20th ANNUAL LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: The Kill Team
Director: Dan Krauss

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (For best feature made under $500,000): Land Ho!
Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz & Martha Stephens; Producers: Christina Jennings, Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis, Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Hong Chau, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Sasha Pieterse, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Kenneth Williams

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD: Foxcatcher 
Director/Producer: Bennett Miller, Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik, Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman, Actors: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum