12th Independent Spirit Awards
The 1996 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1996, were announced on March 22, 1997. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.
Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Best First Feature
Best Director
- Abel Ferrara – The Funeral
- David O. Russell – Flirting with Disaster
- Todd Solondz – Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Robert M. Young – Caught
Best Male Lead
- Chris Cooper – Lone Star
- Chris Penn – The Funeral
- Tony Shalhoub – Big Night
- Stanley Tucci – Big Night
Best Female Lead
- María Conchita Alonso – Caught
- Scarlett Johansson – Manny & Lo
- Catherine Keener – Walking and Talking
- Renée Zellweger – The Whole Wide World
Best Supporting Male
- Kevin Corrigan – Walking and Talking
- Matthew Faber – Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Gary Farmer – Dead Man
- Richard Jenkins – Flirting with Disaster
Best Supporting Female
- Mary Kay Place – Manny & Lo
- Queen Latifah – Set It Off
- Lili Taylor – Girls Town
- Lily Tomlin – Flirting with Disaster
Best Screenplay
Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Dead Man – Jim Jarmusch
- Flirting with Disaster – David O. Russell
- The Funeral – Nicholas St. John
- Lone Star – John Sayles
Best First Screenplay
Big Night – Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci
- Girl 6 – Suzan-Lori Parks
- Manny & Lo – Lisa Krueger
- Trees Lounge – Steve Buscemi
- The Whole Wide World – Michael Scott Myers
Best Cinematography
- Bound – Bill Pope
- Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day – Rob Sweeney
- Dead Man – Robby Müller
- The Funeral – Ken Kelsch
Best Foreign Film
Best Debut Performance
Heather Matarazzo – Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Jena Malone – Bastard Out of Carolina
- Brendan Sexton III – Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Arie Verveen – Caught
- Jeffrey Wright – Basquiat
Truer Than Fiction Award
- The Celluloid Closet
- Looking for Richard
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
- Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Someone to Watch Award
- Joe Brewster – The Keeper
- Chris Smith – American Job
References
- "'Fargo' Is Leader in Spirit Award Nominations". Los Angeles Times. 1997-01-10. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- "'Fargo' Wins Six Independent Spirits". Los Angeles Times. 1997-03-23. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- "`Fargo' Big Winner Among Independents". Chicago Tribune. 1997-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
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