22nd Independent Spirit Awards

22nd Independent Spirit Awards
22nd Independent Spirit Awards
Date	February 24, 2007
Site	U.S.
Hosted by	Sarah Silverman
Highlights
Best Film	Little Miss Sunshine
Most awards	Little Miss Sunshine (4)
Most nominations	Half Nelson (6)
	← 21st; Independent Spirit Awards; 23rd →;

The 22nd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2006, were presented on February 24, 2007.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on November 28, 2006.^[4]^[5]^[6] Sarah Silverman returned as host for the second consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Best Director winners

Frances McDormand, Best Supporting Female winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Little Miss Sunshine American Gun The Dead Girl Half Nelson Pan's Labyrinth	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion (posthumous) Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl Steven Soderbergh – Bubble
Best Male Lead	Best Female 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	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	Best Supporting Female
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	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	Best First 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	Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel Half Nelson – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
Sweet Land Day Night Day Night Man Push Cart The Motel Wristcutters: A Love Story	The Road to Guantánamo A Lion in the House My Country, My Country The Trials of Darryl Hunt You're Gonna Miss Me
Best Cinematography	Best International Film
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	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 • Algeria / Belgium / France / Morocco

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
6	Half Nelson
5	Little Miss Sunshine
3	American Gun
	The Dead Girl
	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
	Man Push Cart
2	Day Night Day Night
	Four Eyed Monsters
	Friends with Money
	The Painted Veil
	Pan's Labyrinth
	Sorry, Haters
	Sweet Land
	Thank You for Smoking
	Wristcutters: A Love Story

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Little Miss Sunshine
2	Half Nelson

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Quinceañera

Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horne – The Tailenders

Eric Daniel Metzgar – The Chances of the World Changing
A. J. Schnack – Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Pizza and Shortbus

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

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 (posthumous)

Special Distinction Award

Laura Dern and David Lynch ("in recognition of their unique and stunning collaborative work in the mesmerizing Inland Empire as well as the influential independent classics Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart")

References

^ McNary, Dave (February 24, 2007). "'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
^ "'Little Miss Sunshine' sparkles at Spirit Awards". Today. Associated Press. February 25, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (February 25, 2007). ""Sunshine" Wins Four, "Half Nelson" Gets Two at Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
^ "AWARDS WATCH: "Half Nelson", "Little Miss Sunshine" Top Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. November 28, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
^ Kilday, Gregg (November 28, 2006). "'Miss Sunshine', 'Half Nelson' lead Spirit noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
^ White, Nicholas (November 28, 2006). "'Little Miss Sunshine' Scores Spirit Nominations". People. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

External links

2006 Spirit Awards at IMDb
Official ceremony on YouTube

[1] McNary, Dave (February 24, 2007). "'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[2] "'Little Miss Sunshine' sparkles at Spirit Awards". Today. Associated Press. February 25, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[3] Hernandez, Eugene (February 25, 2007). ""Sunshine" Wins Four, "Half Nelson" Gets Two at Independent Spirit Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[4] "AWARDS WATCH: "Half Nelson", "Little Miss Sunshine" Top Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. November 28, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[5] Kilday, Gregg (November 28, 2006). "'Miss Sunshine', 'Half Nelson' lead Spirit noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

[6] White, Nicholas (November 28, 2006). "'Little Miss Sunshine' Scores Spirit Nominations". People. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

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