The 2007 Spirit Awards are over, and the winners are no doubt recovering after getting drunk on the beach in Santa Monica. So who are those winners? Read on…
FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
“Little Miss Sunshine,” Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, producers
FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
“Sweet Land,” Ali Selim, director Alan C*****g, James Bigham, Ali Selim, producers
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, “Little Miss Sunshine”
MALE LEAD
Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”
FEMALE LEAD
Shareeka Epps, “Half Nelson”
SUPPORTING MALE
Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
SUPPORTING FEMALE
Frances McDormand, “Friends with Money”
SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, “Thank You For Smoking”
FIRST SCREENPLAY
Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillermo Navarro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
“Quinceanera,” Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland, writer/directors; Anne Clements, producer
DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
“The Road to Guantanamo,” Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, directors
FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
“The Lives of Others,” (Germany); Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director
AXIUM PRODUCERS AWARD
Howard Gertler and Tim Perell
SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
David Lynch, Laura Dern
