Film Independent - 2007 Spirit Awards

Film Independent - 2007 Spirit Awards

Film Independent (FIND)
Spirit Awards (23rd)
Nominations: November 27, 2007
Awards: February 23, 2008

Below are the nominations & winners for the 23rd Annual Spirit Awards.

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Best Picture
WINNER "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) Mr. Mudd, Mandate Pictures, Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)" (Miramax) Pathe Renn, A Kennedy/Marshall Company and Jon Kilik Production, Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
"I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company) Killer Films, Endgame Entertainment, John Wells Productions, VIP 4 Medienfonds, Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
"A Mighty Heart" (Paramount Vantage) Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
"Paranoid Park" (IFC Films) Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress

Best Director
WINNER "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)" (Miramax) Julian Schnabel
"I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company) Todd Haynes
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight) Tamara Jenkins
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
"Paranoid Park" (IFC Films) Gus Van Sant

Best Screenplay
WINNER "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight) Tamara Jenkins
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)" (Miramax) Ronald Harwood
"Starting Out in the Evening" (Roadside Attractions) Fred Parnes, Andrew Wagner
"Waitress" (Fox Searchlight) Adrienne Shelly
"Year of the Dog" Mike White

Best First Feature
WINNER "The Lookout" (Miramax) Miramax Films, Spyglass Entertainment, Director: Scott Frank; Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
"2 Days in Paris" (Samuel Goldwyn Films) Director: Julie Deply; Producers: Julie Deply, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
"Great World of Sound" (Magnolia Pictures) Plum Pictures, Director: Craig Zobel; Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
"Rocket Science" Director: Jeffrey Blitz; Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch
"Vanaja" Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli; Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli

Best First Screenplay
WINNER "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) Diablo Cody
"Rocket Science" Jeffrey Blitz
"Broken English" Zoe Cassavetes
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (ThinkFilm) Kelly Masterson
"A Mighty Heart" (Paramount Vantage) John Orloff

John Cassavetes Award
WINNER "August Evening" Writer/Director: Chris Eska; Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling
"Owl and the Sparrow" Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger; Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger
"The Pool" Director: Chris Smith; Writers: Chris Smith, Randy Russell; Producer: Kate Noble
"Quiet City" Director: Aaron Katz; Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Chris Lankenau; Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
"Shotgun Stories" Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols; Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols

Best Actress
WINNER Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
Angelina Jolie in "A Mighty Heart" (Paramount Vantage)
Sienna Miller in "Interview" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Parker Posey in "Broken English"
Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution" (Focus Features)

Best Actor
WINNER Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Pedro Castaneda in "August Evening"
Don Cheadle in "Talk to Me" (Focus Features)
Frank Langella in "Starting Out in the Evening" (Roadside Attractions)
Tony Leung in "Lust, Caution" (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Anna Kendrick in "Rocket Science"
Jennifer Jason Leigh in "Margot at the Wedding" (Paramount Vantage)
Tamara Podemski in "Four Sheets to the Wind"
Marisa Tomei in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (ThinkFilm)

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER Chiwetel Ejiofor in "Talk to Me" (Focus Features)
Marcus Carl Franklin in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Kene Holliday in "Great World of Sound" (Magnolia Pictures)
Irrfan Khan in "The Namesake" (Fox Searchlight)
Steve Zahn in "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)

Best Cinematography
WINNER "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)" (Miramax) Janusz Kaminski
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight) Mott Hupfel
"Vanaja" Milton Kam
"Youth Without Youth" Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
"Lust, Caution" (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto

Best Documentary
WINNER "Crazy Love" (THINKFilm) Director: Dan Klores
"Lake of Fire" (THINKFilm) Director: Tony Kaye
"Manufactured Landscapes" National Film Board of Canada, Foundry Films, Director: Jennifer Baichwal
"The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun" Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
"The Prisoner Or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair" Directors: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

Best Foreign Film
WINNER "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Samson Films, Irish Film Board, RTEDirector: John Carney
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (IFC Films) Mobra Films, Director: Christian Mungiu, Romania
"The Band's Visit" (Sony Pictures Classics) Director: Eran Kolirin, Israel, France, U.S.A.
"Lady Chatterley" Maia FilmsDirector: Pascale Ferran
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics) 2.4.7. Films, Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, France

Someone to Watch Award
WINNER "Chop Shop" (Koch Lorber Films) Director: Ramin Bahrani
"Frownland" Director: Ronnie Bronstein
"Munyurangabo" Director: Lee Isaac Chung

Truer Than Fiction Award
WINNER "The Unforeseen" Laura Dunn
"Helvetica" Gary Hustwit
"Running Stumbled" John Maringouin

Producers Award
WINNER "Paranoid Park" (IFC Films) Neil Kopp
WINNER "Old Joy" (Kino International) Neil Kopp
"Ping Pong Playa" (IFC Films) Anne Clements
"Quinceañera" (Sony Pictures Classics) Anne Clements
"Cthulhu" (Regent Releasing) Alexis Ferris
"Police Beat" Alexis Ferris

Robert Altman Award
WINNER "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company) Director: Todd Haynes; Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal; Ensemble Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, David Cross, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Bruce Greenwood, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Williams

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