The 1998 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1998, were announced on March 20, 1999. It was hosted by Queen Latifah.
Gods and Monsters
Affliction
Claire Dolan
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Velvet Goldmine
The Opposite of Sex
Buffalo '66
High Art
π
Slums of Beverly Hills
Wes Anderson – Rushmore
Todd Haynes – Velvet Goldmine
Lodge Kerrigan – Claire Dolan
Paul Schrader – Affliction
Todd Solondz – Happiness
Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Dylan Baker – Happiness
Nick Nolte – Affliction
Sean Penn – Hurlyburly
Courtney B. Vance – Blind Faith
Ally Sheedy – High Art
Katrin Cartlidge – Claire Dolan
Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex
Robin Tunney – Niagara, Niagara
Alfre Woodard – Down in the Delta
Bill Murray – Rushmore
James Coburn – Affliction
Charles S. Dutton – Blind Faith
Gary Farmer – Smoke Signals
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Happiness
Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters
Stockard Channing – The Baby Dance
Patricia Clarkson – High Art
Lisa Kudrow – The Opposite of Sex
Joely Richardson – Under Heaven
The Opposite of Sex – Don Roos
Affliction – Paul Schrader
Blind Faith – Frank Military
Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon
The Spanish Prisoner – David Mamet
π – Darren Aronofsky
High Art – Lisa Cholodenko
Niagara, Niagara – Matthew Weiss
Slums of Beverly Hills – Tamara Jenkins
Smoke Signals – Sherman Alexie
Velvet Goldmine – Maryse Alberti
Affliction – Paul Sarossy
Belly – Malik Hassan Sayeed
High Art – Tami Reike
π – Matthew Libatique
The Celebration • Denmark
Central Station • Brazil
The Eel • Japan
Fireworks • Japan
The General • Ireland
Evan Adams – Smoke Signals
Anthony Roth Costanzo – A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Andrea Hart – Miss Monday
Sonja Sohn – Slam
Saul Williams – Slam
Regret to Inform
Dear Jesse
Dying to Tell the Story
Moment of Impact
Paulina
Susan A. Stover
Margot Bridger
Gill Holland
Andrea Sperling
David D. Williams – Thirteen
Tony Barbieri – One
Lynn Hershman Leeson – Conceiving Ada
Eric Tretbar – Snow
