Independent Awards Nominees
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY - Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
I’M NOT THERE - Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
JUNO - Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
A MIGHTY HEART - Producers: Dede Gardner,Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
PARANOID PARK - Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress
BEST DIRECTOR
TODD HAYNES - I’m Not There
TAMARA JENKINS- The Savages
JASON REITMAN - Juno
JULIAN SCHNABEL - The Diving Bell and the Butterfl y
GUS VAN SANT - Paranoid Park
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
2 DAYS IN PARIS
DIRECTOR: Julie Delpy
PRODUCERS: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
DIRECTOR: Craig Zobel
PRODUCERS: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
THE LOOKOUT
DIRECTOR: Scott Frank
PRODUCERS: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
ROCKET SCIENCE
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Blitz
PRODUCERS: Effi e T. Brown, Sean Welch
VANAJA
DIRECTOR: Rajnesh Domalpalli
PRODUCER: Latha R. Domalapalli
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
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
PRODUCER: Kate Noble
WRITERS: Chris Smith & Randy Russell
QUIET CITY
DIRECTOR: Aaron Katz
PRODUCERS: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
WRITERS: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau
SHOTGUN STORIES
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols
PRODUCERS: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols
BEST SCREENPLAY
RONALD HARWOOD - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
TAMARA JENKINS - The Savages
FRED PARNES & ANDREW WAGNER - Starting Out in the Evening
ADRIENNE SHELLY - Waitress
MIKE WHITE - Year of the Dog
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
JEFFREY BLITZ - Rocket Science
ZOE CASSAVETES - Broken English
DIABLO CODY - Juno
KELLY MASTERSON - Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
JOHN ORLOFF - A Mighty Heart
BEST FEMALE LEAD
ANGELINA JOLIE - A Mighty Heart
SIENNA MILLER - Interview
ELLEN PAGE - Juno
PARKER POSEY - Broken English
TANG WEI - Lust, Caution
BEST MALE LEAD
PEDRO CASTANEDA - August Evening
DON CHEADLE - Talk To Me
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - The Savages
FRANK LANGELLA - Starting Out in the Evening
TONY LEUNG - Lust, Caution
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
CATE BLANCHETT - I’m Not There
ANNA KENDRICK - Rocket Science
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH - Margot at the Wedding
TAMARA PODEMSKI - Four Sheets to the Wind
MARISA TOMEI - Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR - Talk To Me
MARCUS CARL FRANKLIN - I’m Not There
KENE HOLLIDAY - Great World of Sound
IRRFAN KHAN - The Namesake
STEVE ZAHN - Rescue Dawn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MOTT HUPFEL - The Savages
JANUSZ KAMINSKI - The Diving Bell and
the Butterfl y
MILTON KAM - Vanaja
MIHAI MALAIMARE, JR. - Youth Without Youth
RODRIGO PRIETO - Lust, Caution
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director)
CRAZY LOVE
DIRECTOR: Dan Klores
LAKE OF FIRE
DIRECTOR: Tony Kaye
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Baichwal
THE MONASTERY
DIRECTOR: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
THE PRISONER OR: HOW I PLANNED TO
KILL TONY BLAIR
DIRECTORS: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker
BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Romania)
DIRECTOR: Cristian Mungiu
THE BAND’S VISIT (Israel)
DIRECTOR: Eran Kolirin
LADY CHATTERLEY (France)
DIRECTOR: Pascale Ferran
ONCE (Ireland)
DIRECTOR: John Carney
PERSEPOLIS (France)
DIRECTOR: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one fi lm’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
I’M NOT THERE
DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes
CASTING DIRECTOR: Laura Rosenthal
ENSEMBLE CAST: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale,
Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus
Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Bruce Greenwood
