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

Little Miss Sunshine

• American Gun
• The Dead Girl
• Half Nelson
• Pan's Labyrinth

Best First Feature

Sweet Land

• Day Night Day Night
• Man Push Cart
• The Motel
• Wristcutters: A Love Story

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

Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

• Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
• Edward Norton – The Painted Veil
• Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart
• Forest Whitaker – American Gun

Best Female Lead

Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

• 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

The Lives of Others • Germany

• 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

The Road to Guantanamo

• A Lion in the House
• My Country, My Country
• The Trials of Darryl Hunt
• You're Gonna Miss Me

John Cassavetes Award

Quinceañera

• 12 and Holding
• Chalk
• Four Eyed Monsters
• Old Joy

Truer Than Fiction Award

The Tailenders

• The Chances of the World Changing
• Kurt Cobain: About a Son

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

• Robert Altman

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. 

External links

• 2006 Spirit Awards at IMDb