27th Independent Spirit Awards Coverage (2012)

The nominations for the 27th Independent Spirit Awards, which took place on February 25th, 2012, were announced on November 29th, 2011.

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

Best Feature

• 50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
• Beginners - Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
• Drive - Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
• Take Shelter - Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
• The Artist - Producer: Thomas Langmann - *
• The Descendants - Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Director

• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist - *
• Mike Mills - Beginners
• Jeff Nichols - Take Shelter
• Alexander Payne - The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive

Best Screenplay

• Joseph Cedar - Footnote
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Tom McCarthy - Win Win
• Mike Mills - Beginners
• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash - The Descendants - *

Best First Feature

• Another Earth - Director: Mike Cahill, Producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker
• In the Family - Director: Patrick Wang, Producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang
• Margin Call - Director: J.C. Chandor, Producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto - *
• Martha Marcy May Marlene - Director: Sean Durkin, Producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond
• Natural Selection - Director: Robbie Pickering, Producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

Best First Screenplay

• Mike Cahill, Brit Marling - Another Earth
• J.C. Chandor - Margin Call
• Patrick deWitt - Terri
• Phil Johnston - Cedar Rapids
• Will Reiser - 50/50 - *

John Cassavetes Award

• Bellflower - Writer/Director: Evan Glodell, Producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw
• Circumstance - Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz, Producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa M. Lee
• Hello Lonesome - Writer/Director/Producer: Adam Reid
• Pariah - Writer/Director: Dee Rees, Producer: Nekisa Cooper - *
• The Dynamiter - Writer: Brad Inglesby, Director: Matthew Gordon, Producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

Best Female Lead

• Lauren Ambrose - Think of Me
• Rachael Harris - Natural Selection
• Adepero Oduye - Pariah
• Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn - *

Best Male Lead

• Demián Bichir - A Better Life
• Jean Dujardin - The Artist - *
• Ryan Gosling - Drive
• Woody Harrelson - Rampart
• Michael Shannon - Take Shelter

Best Supporting Female

• Jessica Chastain - Take Shelter
• Anjelica Huston - 50/50
• Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
• Harmony Santana - Gun Hill Road
• Shailene Woodley - The Descendants - *

Best Supporting Male

• Albert Brooks - Drive
• John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners - *
• John C. Reilly - Cedar Rapids
• Corey Stoll - Midnight in Paris

Best Cinematography

• Joel Hodge - Bellflower
• Benjamin Kasulke - The Off Hours
• Darius Khondji - Midnight in Paris
• Guillaume Schiffman - The Artist - *
• Jeffrey Waldron - The Dynamiter

Best Documentary

• An African Election - Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz
• Bill Cunningham New York - Director: Richard Press, Producer: Philip Gefter
• The Interrupters - Director/Producer: Steve James, Producer: Alex Kotlowitz - *
• The Redemption of General Butt Naked - Director/Producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
• We Were Here - Director/Producer: David Weissman

Best International Film

• A Separation (Iran)
  Director: Asghar Farhadi - *
• Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany)
  Director: Lars von Trier
• Shame (UK)
  Director: Steve McQueen
• The Kid With a Bike (Belgium/France/Italy)
  Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• Tyrannosaur (UK)
  Director: Paddy Considine

Piaget Producers Award

• Chad Burris - Mosquita y Mari
• Sophia Lin - Take Shelter - *
• Josh Mond - Martha Marcy May Marlene

Someone to Watch Award

• Simon Arthur - Silver Tongues
• Mark Jackson - Without - *
• Nicholas Ozeki - Mamitas

Truer Than Fiction Award

• Heather Courtney - Where Soldiers Come From - *
• Danfung Dennis - Hell and Back Again
• Alma Har'el - Bombay Beach

Robert Altman Award

• Margin Call - Director: J.C. Chandor
  Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
  Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci - *