30th Independent Spirit Awards

The 2014 Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees on November 30, 2014.^[1] The winners were announced on February 21, 2015.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and in bold.

Best Feature

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• Boyhood
• Love Is Strange
• Selma
• Whiplash

Best First Feature

Nightcrawler

• Dear White People
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Obvious Child
• She's Lost Control

John Cassavetes Award

Land Ho!

• Blue Ruin
• It Felt Like Love
• Man From Reno
• Test

Best Male Lead

Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• André 3000 – Jimi: All Is by My Side
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
• John Lithgow – Love Is Strange
• David Oyelowo – Selma

Best Female Lead

Julianne Moore – Still Alice

• Marion Cotillard – The Immigrant
• Rinko Kikuchi – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
• Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
• Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive

Best Supporting Male

J. K. Simmons – Whiplash

• Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Alfred Molina – Love Is Strange
• Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Supporting Female

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

• Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
• Carmen Ejogo – Selma
• Andrea Suarez Paz – Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
• Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

• Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
• Ava DuVernay – Selma
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• David Zellner – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Best Screenplay

Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler

• Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski – Big Eyes
• J. C. Chandor – A Most Violent Year
• Jim Jarmusch – Only Lovers Left Alive
• Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias – Love Is Strange

Best First Screenplay

Justin Simien – Dear White People

• Desiree Akhavan – Appropriate Behavior
• Sara Colangelo – Little Accidents
• Justin Lader – The One I Love
• Anja Marquardt – She's Lost Control

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• Darius Khondji – The Immigrant
• Sean Porter – It Felt Like Love
• Lyle Vincent – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Bradford Young – Selma

Best Editing

Tom Cross – Whiplash

• Sandra Adair – Boyhood
• John Gilroy – Nightcrawler
• Ron Patane – A Most Violent Year
• Adam Wingard – The Guest

Best International Film

Ida (Poland) – Paweł Pawlikowski

• Force Majeure (Sweden) – Ruben Östlund
• Leviathan (Russia) – Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Mommy (Canada) – Xavier Dolan
• Norte, the End of History (Philippines) – Lav Diaz
• Under the Skin (United Kingdom) – Jonathan Glazer

Best Documentary

Citizenfour – Laura Poitras

• 20,000 Days on Earth – Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard
• Stray Dog – Debra Granik
• The Salt of the Earth – Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders
• Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel

Robert Altman Award

(The award is given to its film director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

• Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson

Special Distinction Award

• Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller, Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik, E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum

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