15th Independent Spirit Awards
The 1999 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1999, were announced on March 25, 2000. It was hosted by Jennifer Tilly.
Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)
Best First Feature (Under $500,000)
- The City
- Compensation
- Judy Berlin
- Treasure Island
Best Director
- Harmony Korine – Julien Donkey-Boy
- Doug Liman – Go
- David Lynch – The Straight Story
- Steven Soderbergh – The Limey
Best Male Lead
Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
- John Cusack – Being John Malkovich
- Terence Stamp – The Limey
- David Strathairn – Limbo
- Noble Willingham – The Corndog Man
Best Female Lead
- Diane Lane – A Walk on the Moon
- Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds
- Susan Traylor – Valerie Flake
- Reese Witherspoon – Election
Best Supporting Male
- Charles S. Dutton – Cookie's Fortune
- Clark Gregg – The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
- Luis Guzmán – The Limey
- Terrence Howard – The Best Man
Best Supporting Female
Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry
- Barbara Barrie – Judy Berlin
- Vanessa Martinez – Limbo
- Sarah Polley – Go
- Jean Smart – Guinevere
Best Screenplay
Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Best First Screenplay
Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole – Kip Williams
- Boys Don't Cry – Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen
- Cookie's Fortune – Anne Rapp
- The Straight Story – John Roach and Mary Sweeney
Best Cinematography
Three Seasons – Lisa Rinzler
- The City – Harlan Bosmajian
- Judy Berlin – Jeffrey Seckendorf
- Julien Donkey-Boy – Anthony Dod Mantle
- Twin Falls Idaho – M. David Mullen
Best Foreign Film
- All About My Mother • Spain
- My Son the Fanatic • UK
- Rosetta • Belgium/France
- Topsy-Turvy • UK
Best Debut Performance
Kimberly J. Brown – Tumbleweeds
- Jessica Campbell – Election
- Jade Gordon – Sugar Town
- Toby Smith – Drylongso
- Chris Stafford – Edge of Seventeen
Truer Than Fiction Award
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
- American Hollow
- On the Ropes
- Well-Founded Fear
Producers Award
Pamela Koffler – I'm Losing You
- Eva Kolodner – Boys Don't Cry
- Paul Mezey – The City
- Christine K. Walker – Backroads and Homo Heights
Someone to Watch Award
- Dan Clark – The Item
- Julian Goldberger – Trans
- Lisanne Skyler – Getting to Know You
References
- ""Election," "Limey" Up for Indie Oscars". E! Online. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- "'The Limey,' 'Election' Got the Spirit". Hollywood.com. 2000-01-14. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- "'Election' Elected by Spirit Awards". Hollywood.com. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- "'Election' Tallies Up 3 Big Wins at 15th Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- "'Election' wins 3 IFP Spirit awards". Variety. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- "'Election' wins 3 Independent Spirit awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2000-03-27. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
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