Independent Spirit Awards Winners

Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature Winner:
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - James Schamus, Diana Ossana
Other Nominees:
Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov
The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Best Female Lead Winner:
Felicity Huffman for Transamerica (2005)
Other Nominees:
Dina Korzun for Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Laura Linney for The Squid and the Whale (2005)
S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)
Cyndi Williams for Room (2005)

Best Male Lead Winner:
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)
Other Nominees:
Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow (2005)
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Best Supporting Female Winner:
Amy Adams for Junebug (2005)
Other Nominees:
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Happy Endings (2005)
Allison Janney for Our Very Own (2005)
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Robin Wright Penn for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Supporting Male Winner:
Matt Dillon for Crash (2004)
Other Nominees:
Firdous Bamji for The War Within (2005)
Jesse Eisenberg for The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Barry Pepper for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Jeffrey Wright for Broken Flowers (2005)

Best Director Winner:
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Other Nominees:
Gregg Araki for Mysterious Skin (2004)
Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale (2005)
George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Rodrigo García for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Screenplay Winner:
Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman
Other Nominees:
Nine Lives (2005) - Rodrigo García
The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Guillermo Arriaga
The War Within (2005) - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn

Best First Screenplay Winner:
Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker
Other Nominees:
The Beautiful Country (2004) - Sabina Murray
Fixing Frank (2002) - Ken Hanes
Junebug (2005) - Angus MacLachlan
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July

Best Cinematography Winner:
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit
Other Nominees:
Capote (2005) - Adam Kimmel
Keane (2004) - John Foster
Last Days (2005) - Harris Savides
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Chris Menges

Best First Feature Winner:
Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco
Other Nominees:
Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - George C. Wolfe, Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nellie Nugiel, Shelby Stone
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July, Gina Kwon
Thumbsucker (2005) - Mike Mills, Anthony Bregman, Bob Stephenson
Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran, Rene Bastian

Best Foreign Film Winner:
Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France)
Other Nominees:
Gegen die Wand (2004) - Fatih Akin (Germany/Turkey)
Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005) - Cristi Puiu (Romania)
Temporada de patos (2004) - Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
Tony Takitani (2004) - Jun Ichikawa (Japan)

Best Documentary Winner:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Alex Gibney
Other Nominees:
Grizzly Man (2005) - Werner Herzog
Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker
Sierra, La (2005) - Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez
Sir! No Sir! (2005) - David Zeiger

John Cassavetes Award Winner:
Conventioneers (2005) - Mora Stephens, Joel Viertel
Other Nominees:
Brick (2005) - Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Mark G. Mathis
Jellysmoke (2005) - Mark Banning, Cliff Charles, Mad Matthewz
The Puffy Chair (2005) - Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Room (2005) - Kyle Henry, Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg

Truer Than Fiction Award Winner:
Occupation: Dreamland (2005) - Garrett Scott, Ian Olds
Other Nominees:
Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) - Rachel Boynton
Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005) - Thomas Allen Harris