Independent Spirit Awards 2000

The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent in 2001, honored the best in film for 2000.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls

• Adrien Brody - Restaurant
• Billy Crudup - Jesus' Son
• Hill Harper - The Visit
• Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count on Me

Best Actress

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

• Joan Allen - The Contender
• Sanaa Lathan - Love & Basketball
• Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
• Kelly Macdonald - Two Family House

Best Cinematography

Requiem for a Dream

• Before Night Falls
• George Washington
• Hamlet
• Shadow of the Vampire

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
• Miguel Arteta - Chuck & Buck
• Christopher Guest - Best in Show
• Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
• Julian Schnabel - Before Night Falls

Best Documentary Feature

• Dark Days
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Long Night's Journey Into Day
• Paragraph 175
• Sound and Fury

Best Film

• Before Night Falls
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
• George Washington
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• Requiem for a Dream

Best Screenplay

• Chuck & Buck - Mike White
• Love & Sex - Valerie Breiman
• Two Family House - Raymond De Felitta
• Waking the Dead - Robert Dillon
• You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Supporting Actor

• Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
• Cole Hauser - Tigerland
• Gary Oldman - The Contender
• Giovanni Ribisi - The Gift
• Billy Dee Williams - The Visit

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
• Pat Carroll - Songcatcher
• Ziyi Zhang - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
• Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
• Lupe Ontiveros - Chuck & Buck