For those who care about this sort of thing…
2002 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (winners announced March 23, 2002)
Winners are in bold.
Best Feature
Memento (Newmarket)
Produced by Jennifer Todd & Suzanne Todd
Other nominees:
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
Produced by Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel & Pamela Koffler
L.I.E. (Lot 47)
Produced by René Bastian, Linda Moran & Michael Cuesta
Things Behind The Sun (Showtime)
Produced by Daniel Hassid, Doug Mankoff, Robin Alper
Waking Life (Fox Searchlight)
Produced by Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)
In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Directed by Todd Field
Other nominees:
The Anniversary Party (Fine Line)
Directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh & Alan Cumming
The Believer (Fireworks)
Directed by Henry Bean
Donnie Darko (Newmarket)
Directed by Richard Kelly
Ghost World (MGM)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Made Under $500 000)
Jackpot (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed by Michael Polish
Produced by Mark Polish & Michael Polish
Written by Mark Polish & Michael Polish
Other nominees:
Acts Of Worship
Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez
Produced by Nadia Leonelli, Fredrik Sundwall, Rosemary Rodriguez
Written by Rosemary Rodriguez
Kaaterskill Falls
Directed by Josh Apter & Peter Olsen
Produced by Josh Apter & Peter Olsen
Punks (Urbanworld)
Directed by Patrik-Ian Polk
Produced by Patrik-Ian Polk, Tracey E. Edmonds, Michael McQuarn
Written by Patrik-Ian Polk
Virgil Bliss
Directed by Joe Maggio
Produced by Joe Maggio & John Maggio
Written by Joe Maggio
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, Memento (Newmarket)
Other nominees:
Michael Cuesta, L.I.E. (Fine Line)
Cheryl Dunye, Stranger Inside (HBO)
Richard Linklater, Waking Life (Fox Searchlight)
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
Best Male Lead
Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Other nominees:
Brian Cox, L.I.E. (Lot 47)
Ryan Gosling, The Believer (Fireworks)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Donnie Darko (Newmarket)
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
Best Female Lead
Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Other nominees:
Kim Dickens, Things Behind The Sun (Showtime)
Molly Parker, The Center Of The World (Artisan)
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (Fox Searchlight)
Kerry Washington, Lift
Best Female Supporting
Carrie-Anne Moss, Memento (Newmarket)
Other nominees:
Davenia McFadden, Stranger Inside (HBO)
Summer Phoenix, The Believer (Fireworks)
Tamara Tunie, The Caveman’s Valentine (Universal Focus)
Uma Thurman, Tape (Lions Gate)
Best Male Supporting
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World (MGM)
Other nominees:
Don Cheadle, Things Behind The Sun (Showtime)
Billy Kay, L.I.E. (Lot 47)
Garrett Morris, Jackpot (Sony Pictures Classics)
John C. Reilly, The Anniversary Party (Fine Line)
Best Debut Performance
Paul Franklin Dano, L.I.E. (Lot 47)
Other nominees:
Ana Reeder, Acts Of Worship
Clint Jordan, Virgil Bliss
Yolonda Ross, Stranger Inside (HBO)
Ensemble (Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie, Mitchell Riggs), Kaaterskill Falls
Best Screenplay
Christopher Nolan, Memento (Newmarket)
Other nominees:
Milo Addica & Will Rokos, Monster’s Ball (Lions Gate)
Henry Bean, The Believer (Fireworks)
Rob Festinger & Todd Field, In The Bedroom (Miramax)
Richard Linklater, Waking Life (Fox Searchlight)
Best First Screenplay
Ghost World (MGM)
Daniel Clowes & Zwigoff
Other nominees:
Donnie Darko (Newmarket)
Richard Kelly
The Anniversary Party (Fine Line)
Jennifer Jason Leigh & Alan Cumming
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
John Cameron Mitchell
L.I.E. (Lot 47)
Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta & Gerald Cuesta
Best Cinematography
Peter Deming, Mulholland Drive (Universal Focus)
Other nominees:
Frank G. DeMarco, Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
W. Mott Hupfel III, The American Astronaut (Artistic License)
Giles Nuttgens, The Deep End (Fox Searchlight)
Wally Pfister, Memento (Newmarket)
Best Foreign Film
Amélie (Miramax)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Other nominees:
Amores Perros (Lions Gate)
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Lumumba (Zeitgeist)
Directed by Raoul Peck
Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Together (IFC Films)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Best Documentary
Dogtown And Z-Boys (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed by Stacy Peralta
Other nominees:
Go Tigers! (IFC Films)
Directed by Kenneth A. Carlson
Lalee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (HBO)
Directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles
Promises (Cowboy)
Directed by Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado
Scratch (Palm)
Directed by Doug Pray
DirecTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award
Monteith McCollum
Hybrid
Other nominees:
Edet Belzberg
Children Underground
Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Trembling Before G-d
B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado and Justine Shapiro
Promises
Alix Lambert
The Mark Of Cain
Someone To Watch Award
Debra Eisenstadt
Director of Daydream Believer
Other nominees:
DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter
Directors of Lift
Michael Gilio
Director of Kwik Stop
David Maquiling
Director of Too Much Sleep
Motorola Producers Award
René Bastian and Linda Moran
Producers of Martin And Orloff and L.I.E.
Other nominees:
Adrienne Gruben
Producer of Treasure Island and Olympia
Jasmine Kosovic
Producer of Just One Time and The Adventures Of Sebastian Cole
Nadia Leonelli
Producer of Acts of Worship and Perfume