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22nd Independent Spirit Awards

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Date
  
24 February 2007

Other ceremonies
  
2006, 2008

The 2006 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2006, were announced on February 24, 2007. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman.

Contents

Best Feature

Little Miss Sunshine

  • American Gun
  • The Dead Girl
  • Half Nelson
  • Pan's Labyrinth

    • Best First Feature

    Sweet Land

  • Day Night Day Night
  • Man Push Cart
  • The Motel
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story

    • Best Director

    Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine

  • Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion
  • Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
  • Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl
  • Steven Soderbergh – Bubble

    • Best Male Lead

    Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

  • Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
  • Edward Norton – The Painted Veil
  • Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart
  • Forest Whitaker – American Gun

    • Best Female Lead

    Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

  • Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration
  • Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land
  • Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty
  • Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters

    • Best Supporting Male

    Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine

  • Raymond J. Barry – Steel City
  • Daniel Craig – Infamous
  • Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
  • Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

    • Best Supporting Female

    Frances McDormand – Friends with Money

  • Melonie Diaz – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  • Marcia Gay Harden – American Gun
  • Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl
  • Amber Tamblyn – Stephanie Daley

    • Best Screenplay

    Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman

  • Friends with Money – Nicole Holofcener
  • The Illusionist – Neil Burger
  • The Painted Veil – Ron Nyswaner
  • Sorry, Haters – Jeff Stanzler

    • Best First Screenplay

    Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt

  • Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin
  • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel
  • Half Nelson – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
  • Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić

    • Best Cinematography

    Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro

  • Brothers of the Head – Anthony Dod Mantle
  • Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley
  • Man Push Cart – Michael Simmonds
  • Wild Tigers I Have Known – Aaron Platt

    • Best Foreign Film

    The Lives of Others • Germany

  • 12:08 East of Bucharest • Romania
  • The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros • Philippines
  • Chronicle of an Escape • Argentina
  • Days of Glory • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium

    • Best Documentary Feature

    The Road to Guantanamo

  • A Lion in the House
  • My Country, My Country
  • The Trials of Darryl Hunt
  • You're Gonna Miss Me

    • John Cassavetes Award

    Quinceañera

  • 12 and Holding
  • Chalk
  • Four Eyed Monsters
  • Old Joy

    • Truer Than Fiction Award

    The Tailenders

  • The Chances of the World Changing
  • Kurt Cobain: About a Son

    • Producers Award

    Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Shortbus and Pizza

  • Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof – Half Nelson and Point&Shoot
  • Julie Lynn – Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less

    • Someone to Watch Award

    Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night

  • So Yong Kim – In Between Days
  • Richard Wong – Colma: The Musical

    • Robert Altman Award

  • Robert Altman

    • Special Distinction Award

  • David Lynch and Laura Dern for their collaborative work

    • References

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