17th Independent Spirit Awards

The 17th Annual Independent Spirit Awards were handed out on the Santa Monica beach on Saturday, March 23rd, 2002. The winners are indicated with **.

Motorola Producers Award

• Rene Bastian and Linda Moran
• Adrienne Gruben
• Jasmine Kosovic
• Nadia Leonelli

John Cassavetes Award

• Acts of Worship
  Rosemary Rodriguez [Director], Rosemary Rodriguez [Writer], Nadia Leonelli [Producer], Fredrik Sundwall [Producer] and Rosemary Rodriguez [Producer]

Best Debut Performance

• Acts of Worship
  Ana Reeder

Best Foreign Film

• Amelie
  Jean-Pierre Jeunet [Director]

Best Cinematography

• The American Astronaut
  W. Mott Hupfel III

Best Foreign Film

• Amores Perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best First Feature

• The Anniversary Party
  Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming

Best First Screenplay

• The Anniversary Party
  Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming

Best Supporting Male

• The Anniversary Party
  John C. Reilly

Best Screenplay

• The Believer
  Henry Bean

Best First Feature

• The Believer
  Henry Bean

Best Supporting Female

• The Believer
  Summer Phoenix

Best Male Lead

• The Believer
  Ryan Gosling

Best Supporting Female

• The Caveman's Valentine
  Tamara Tunie

Best Female Lead

• The Center the World
  Molly Parker

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• Children Underground
  Edet Belzberg

Someone to Watch Award

• Daydream Believer
  Debra Eisenstadt [Director]

Best Female Lead

• The Deep End
  Tilda Swinton

Best Cinematography

• The Deep End
  Giles Nuttgens

Best Documentary

• Dogtown and Z-Boys
  Stacy Peralta

Best First Feature

• Donnie Darko
  Richard Kelly

Best First Screenplay

• Donnie Darko
  Richard Kelly

Best Male Lead

• Donnie Darko
  Jake Gyllenhaal

Best First Feature

• Ghost World
  Terry Zwigoff

Best First Screenplay

• Ghost World
  Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff

Best Supporting Male

• Ghost World
  Steve Buscemi

Best Documentary

• Go Tigers!
  Kenneth A. Carlson

Best Feature

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch

Best Directing

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch
  John Cameron Mitchell

Best First Screenplay

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch
  John Cameron Mitchell

Best Male Lead

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch
  John Cameron Mitchell

Best Cinematography

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch
  Frank G. DeMarco

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• Hybrid
  Monteith McCollum

Best Screenplay

• In the Bedroom
  Rob Festinger and Todd Field

Best First Feature

• In the Bedroom
  Todd Field

Best Female Lead

• In the Bedroom
  Sissy Spacek

Best Male Lead

• In the Bedroom
  Tom Wilkinson

John Cassavetes Award

• Jackpot
  Michael Polish [Director], Mark Polish [Producer], Michael Polish [Producer], Mark Polish [Writer] and Michael Polish [Writer]

Best Supporting Male

• Jackpot
  Garrett Morris

John Cassavetes Award

• Kaaterskill Falls
  Josh Apter [Director], Peter Olsen [Director], Josh Apter [Producer] and Peter Olsen [Producer]

Best Debut Performance

• Kaaterskill Falls
  Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs

Someone to Watch Award

• Kwik Stop
  Michael Gilio [Director]

Best Feature

• L.I.E.

Best Directing

• L.I.E.
  Michael Cuesta

Best First Screenplay

• L.I.E.
  Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta

Best Debut Performance

• L.I.E.
  Paul Franklin Dano

Best Supporting Male

• L.I.E.
  Billy Kay

Best Male Lead

• L.I.E.
  Brian Cox

Best Documentary

• Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
  Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson and Albert Maysles

Best Female Lead

• Lift
  Kerry Washington

Someone to Watch Award

• Lift
  DeMane Davis [Director] and Khari Streeter [Director]

Best Foreign Film

• Lumumba
  Raoul Peck

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• The Mark of Cain
  Alix Lambert

Best Feature

• Memento

Best Directing

• Memento
  Christopher Nolan

Best Screenplay

• Memento
  Christopher Nolan

Best Supporting Female

• Memento
  Carrie-Anne Moss

Best Cinematography

• Memento
  Wally Pfister

Best Screenplay

• Monster's Ball
  Milo Addica and Will Rokos

Best Cinematography

• Mulholland Drive
  Peter Deming

Best Documentary

• Promises
  Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos Bolado

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• Promises
  B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado and Justine Shapiro

John Cassavetes Award

• Punks
  Patrik-Ian Polk [Director], Patrik-Ian Polk [Writer], Patrik-Ian Polk [Producer], Tracey E. Edmonds [Producer] and Michael McQuarn [Producer]

Best Documentary

• Scratch
  Doug Pray

Best Foreign Film

• Sexy Beast
  Jonathan Glazer

Best Directing

• Stranger Inside
  Cheryl Dunye

Best Debut Performance

• Stranger Inside
  Yolonda Ross

Best Supporting Female

• Stranger Inside
  Davenia McFadden
• Tape
  Uma Thurman

Best Feature

• Things Behind the Sun

Best Supporting Male

• Things Behind the Sun
  Don Cheadle

Best Female Lead

• Things Behind the Sun
  Kim Dickens

Best Foreign Film

• Together
  Lukas Moodysson

Someone to Watch Award

• Too Much Sleep
  David Maquiling [Director]

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• Trembling Before G-d
  Sandi Simcha Dubowski

John Cassavetes Award

• Virgil Bliss
  Joe Maggio [Director], Joe Maggio [Writer], Joe Maggio [Producer] and John Maggio [Producer]

Best Debut Performance

• Virgil Bliss
  Clint Jordan

Best Feature

• Waking Life

Best Directing

• Waking Life
  Richard Linklater

Best Screenplay

• Waking Life
  Richard Linklater