22nd Independent Spirit Awards
The 2006 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2006, were announced on February 24, 2007. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman.
Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Best First Feature
Best Director
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
- Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion
- Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
- Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl
- Steven Soderbergh – Bubble
Best Male Lead
- Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
- Edward Norton – The Painted Veil
- Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart
- Forest Whitaker – American Gun
Best Female Lead
- Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration
- Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land
- Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty
- Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters
Best Supporting Male
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
- Raymond J. Barry – Steel City
- Daniel Craig – Infamous
- Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
- Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Best Supporting Female
Frances McDormand – Friends with Money
- Melonie Diaz – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Marcia Gay Harden – American Gun
- Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl
- Amber Tamblyn – Stephanie Daley
Best Screenplay
Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman
- Friends with Money – Nicole Holofcener
- The Illusionist – Neil Burger
- The Painted Veil – Ron Nyswaner
- Sorry, Haters – Jeff Stanzler
Best First Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
- Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel
- Half Nelson – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
- Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić
Best Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro
- Brothers of the Head – Anthony Dod Mantle
- Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley
- Man Push Cart – Michael Simmonds
- Wild Tigers I Have Known – Aaron Platt
Best Foreign Film
- 12:08 East of Bucharest • Romania
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros • Philippines
- Chronicle of an Escape • Argentina
- Days of Glory • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium
Best Documentary Feature
- A Lion in the House
- My Country, My Country
- The Trials of Darryl Hunt
- You're Gonna Miss Me
John Cassavetes Award
Truer Than Fiction Award
Producers Award
Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Shortbus and Pizza
- Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof – Half Nelson and Point&Shoot
- Julie Lynn – Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less
Someone to Watch Award
Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night
- So Yong Kim – In Between Days
- Richard Wong – Colma: The Musical
Robert Altman Award
Special Distinction Award
- David Lynch and Laura Dern for their collaborative work
References
- "Independent Spirit noms announced". Variety. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ""Half Nelson," "Little Miss Sunshine" Top Spirit Award Nominations". indieWire. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- "This year, an independent spirit reemerges". Los Angeles Times. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- "'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards". Variety. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- "'Sunshine' day at Spirit Awards". The Envelope. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- "Spirit Awards Hail Sunshine". Time. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
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