The 1997 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1997, were announced on March 21, 1998. It was hosted by John Turturro.
The Apostle
Chasing Amy
Loved
Ulee's Gold
Waiting for Guffman
Eve's Bayou
The Bible and Gun Club
Hard Eight
In the Company of Men
Star Maps
Robert Duvall – The Apostle
Larry Fessenden – Habit
Victor Nuñez – Ulee's Gold
Paul Schrader – Touch
Wim Wenders – The End of Violence
Robert Duvall – The Apostle
Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold
Christopher Guest – Waiting for Guffman
Philip Baker Hall – Hard Eight
John Turturro – Box of Moonlight
Julie Christie – Afterglow
Stacy Edwards – In the Company of Men
Alison Folland – All Over Me
Lisa Harrow – Sunday
Robin Wright Penn – Loved
Jason Lee – Chasing Amy
Efrain Figueroa – Star Maps
Samuel L. Jackson – Hard Eight
Ajay Naidu – Star Maps
Roy Scheider – The Myth of Fingerprints
Debbi Morgan – Eve's Bayou
Farrah Fawcett – The Apostle
Amy Madigan – Loved
Miranda Richardson – The Apostle
Patricia Richardson – Ulee's Gold
Chasing Amy – Kevin Smith
The Apostle – Robert Duvall
Touch – Paul Schrader
Ulee's Gold – Victor Nuñez
Waiting for Guffman – Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
In the Company of Men – Neil LaBute
The Bible and Gun Club – Daniel J. Harris
Critical Care – Steven Schwartz
Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson
Star Maps – Miguel Arteta
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love – Declan Quinn
The Bible and Gun Club – Alex Vendler
Habit – Frank G. DeMarco
Hard Eight – Robert Elswit
Sunday – Michael F. Barrow and John Foster
The Sweet Hereafter • Canada
Happy Together • Hong Kong
Mouth to Mouth • Spain
Nenette and Boni • France
Underground • Yugoslavia/France/Germany
Aaron Eckhart – In the Company of Men
Tyrone Burton, Eddie Cutanda and Phuong Duong – Squeeze
Lysa Flores – Star Maps
Darling Narita – Bang
Douglas Spain – Star Maps
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Soul in the Hole
Colors Straight Up
Family Name
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Scott Macauley and Robin O'Hara – Habit
Margot Bridger
Lisa Onodera
Richard Raddon
Susan A. Stover
Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister
Erin Dignam – Loved
Tim Blake Nelson – Eye of God
