The last major award show before the Academy Awards pretty much toed the line when it came to handing out the big trophies. "Brokeback Mountain" took home the Best Feature award and director Ang Lee scored the Best Director trophy.
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINEES/WINNERS
BEST FEATURE:
Winner:
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
BEST DIRECTOR:
Winner: Ang Lee - "Brokeback Mountain"
George Clooney - "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Gregg Araki - "Mysterious Skin"
Rodrigo Garcia - "Nine Lives"
Noah Baumbach - "The Squid and the Whale"
BEST SCREENPLAY:
Winner: "Capote" - Writer: Dan Futterman
"The War Within" - Writers: Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" - Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
"The Squid and the Whale" - Writer: Noah Baumbach
"Nine Lives" - Writer: Rodrigo Garcia
BEST FIRST FEATURE:
Winner: "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
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY:
Winner: "Transamerica" - Writer: Duncan Tucker
"Fixing Frank" - Writer: Kenneth Hanes
"Me and You and Everyone We Know" - Writer: Miranda July
"Junebug" - Writer: Angus MacLachlan
"The Beautiful Country" - Writer: Sabina Murray
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD: (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Winner: "Conventioneers"
"Brick"
"Jellysmoke"
"The Puffy Chair"
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:
Winner: Amy Adams - "Junebug"
Maggie Gyllenhaal - "Happy Endings"
Allison Janney - "Our Very Own"
Michelle Williams - "Brokeback Mountain"
Robin Wright Penn - "Nine Lives"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE:
Winner: Matt Dillon - "Crash"
Firdous Bamji - "The War Within"
Jesse Eisenberg - "The Squid and the Whale"
Barry Pepper - "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
Jeffrey Wright - "Broken Flowers"
BEST FEMALE LEAD:
Winner: Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
Dina Korzun - "Forty Shades of Blue"
Laura Linney - "The Squid and the Whale"
S Epatha Merkerson - "Lackawanna Blues"
Cyndi Williams - "Room"
BEST MALE LEAD:
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Capote"
Jeff Daniels - "The Squid and the Whale"
Terrence Howard - "Hustle and Flow"
Heath Ledger - "Brokeback Mountain"
David Strathairn - "Good Night, and Good Luck"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Winner: "Good Night, and Good Luck" - Robert Elswit
"Keane" - John Foster
"Capote" - Adam Kimmel
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" - Chris Menges
"Last Days" - Harris Savides
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Winner: "Paradise Now" - Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France, Director: Hany Abu-Assad
"The Death of Mr Lazarescu" - Romania, Director: Cristi Puiu
"Duck Season" - Mexico, Director: Fernando Eimbcke
"Head On" – Germany/Turkey, Director: Fatih Akin
"Tony Takitani" – Japan, Director: Jun Ichikawa
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Winner: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" - Director: Alex Gibney
"Grizzly Man" - Director: Werner Herzog
"La Sierra" - Directors: Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez
"Romantico" - Director: Mark Becker
"Sir! No Sir!" - Director: David Zeiger
More Coverage of the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards - Wrap-Up and Interviews
