21st Independent Spirit Awards Coverage

And the nominees (and winners "**") are:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

• **Brokeback Mountain Producers: Diana Ossana, James Schamus
• Capote Producers: Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
• Good Night, and Good Luck. Producer: Grant Heslov
• The Squid and the Whale Producers: Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charles Corwin, Clara Markowicz
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Producers: Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

BEST DIRECTOR

• **Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
• George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Gregg Araki Mysterious Skin
• Rodrigo García Nine Lives
• Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the Director and Producer)

• **Crash Director: Paul Haggis Producers: Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Bobby Moresco, Paul Haggis
• Lackawanna Blues Director: George C. Wolfe Producer: Nellie Nugiel
• Me and You and Everyone We Know Director: Miranda July Producer: Gina Kwon
• Thumbsucker Director: Mike Mills Producers: Anthony Bregman, Bob Stephenson
• Transamerica Director: Duncan Tucker Producers: Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; Award given to the writer, director, and producer)

• Brick Director/Writer: Rian Johnson Producers: Ram Bergman and Mark G. Mathis
• **Conventioneers Director: Mora Stephens Producer: Joel Viertel Writers: Mora Stephens and Joel Viertel
• Jellysmoke Director/Writer/Producer: Mark Banning
• The Puffy Chair Director: Jay Duplass Producer: Mark Duplass Writers: Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass
• Room Director/Writer: Kyle Henry Producers: Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg, Jesse Scolaro

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn The War Within
• Guillermo Arriaga The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale
• **Dan Futterman Capote
• Rodrigo García Nine Lives

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Kenneth Hanes Fixing Frank
• Miranda July Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Angus MacLachlan Junebug
• Sabina Murray The Beautiful Country
• **Duncan Tucker Transamerica

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• **Amy Adams Junebug
• Maggie Gyllenhaal Happy Endings
• Allison Janney Our Very Own
• Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain
• Robin Wright Penn Nine Lives

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Firdous Bamji The War Within
• **Matt Dillon Crash
• Jesse Eisenberg The Squid and the Whale
• Barry Pepper The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Jeffrey Wright Broken Flowers

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• **Felicity Huffman Transamerica
• Dina Korzun FortyShades of Blue
• Laura Linney The Squid and the Whale
• S. Epatha Merkerson Lackawanna Blues
• Cyndi Williams Room

BEST MALE LEAD

• Jeff Daniels The Squid and the Whale
• **Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote
• Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain
• David Strathairn Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• **Robert Elswit Good Night, and Good Luck.
• John Foster Keane
• Adam Kimmel Capote
• Chris Menges The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Harris Savides Last Days

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the Director)

• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania) Director: Cristi Puiu
• Duck Season (Mexico) Director: Fernando Eimbcke
• Head-On (Germany /Turkey) Director: Fatih Akin
• **Paradise Now (Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France) Director: Hany Abu-Assad
• Tony Takitani (Japan) Director: Jun Ichikawa

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the Director)

• **Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Director: Alex Gibney
• Grizzly Man Director: Werner Herzog
• La Sierra Directors: Scott Dalton & Margarita Martinez
• Romántico Director: Mark Becker
• Sir! No Sir! Director: David Zeiger

IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award

• **Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana, director of Cavite
• Robinson Devor, director of Police Beat
• Jay Duplass, director of The Puffy Chair

Truer Than Fiction Award

• Rachel Boynton for Our Brand is Crisis
• **Garrett Scott & Ian Olds for Occupation: Dreamland
• Mark Becker for Romántico
• Thomas Allen Harris for Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

AMC/American Express Producers Award

• **Caroline Baron, producer of Capote and Monsoon Wedding
• Ram Bergman, producer of Brick and Conversations with Other Women
• Mike S. Ryan, producer of Junebug and Palindromes