23rd Independent Spirit Awards

The 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2007, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by Rainn Wilson.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Juno

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• I'm Not There
• A Mighty Heart
• Paranoid Park

Best First Feature

The Lookout

• 2 Days in Paris
• Great World of Sound
• Rocket Science
• Vanaja

Best Director

Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

• Todd Haynes – I'm Not There
• Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
• Jason Reitman – Juno
• Gus Van Sant – Paranoid Park

Best Male Lead

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages

• Pedro Castaneda – August Evening
• Don Cheadle – Talk to Me
• Frank Langella – Starting Out in the Evening
• Tony Leung – Lust, Caution

Best Female Lead

Ellen Page – Juno

• Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
• Sienna Miller – Interview
• Parker Posey – Broken English
• Tang Wei – Lust, Caution

Best Supporting Male

Chiwetel Ejiofor – Talk to Me

• Marcus Carl Franklin – I'm Not There
• Kene Holliday – Great World of Sound
• Irrfan Khan – The Namesake
• Steve Zahn – Rescue Dawn

Best Supporting Female

Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

• Anna Kendrick – Rocket Science
• Jennifer Jason Leigh – Margot at the Wedding
• Tamara Podemski – Four Sheets to the Wind
• Marisa Tomei – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Screenplay

The Savages – Tamara Jenkins

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
• Starting Out in the Evening – Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner
• Waitress – Adrienne Shelly
• Year of the Dog – Mike White

Best First Screenplay

Juno – Diablo Cody

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead – Kelly Masterson
• Broken English – Zoe Cassavetes
• A Mighty Heart – John Orloff
• Rocket Science – Jeffrey Blitz

Best Cinematography

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Janusz Kamiński

• Lust, Caution – Rodrigo Prieto
• The Savages – W. Mott Hupfel III
• Vanaja – Milton Kam
• Youth Without Youth – Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Best Foreign Film

Once • Ireland

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
• The Band's Visit • Israel
• Lady Chatterley • France
• Persepolis • France

Best Documentary Feature

Crazy Love

• Lake of Fire
• Manufactured Landscapes
• The Monastery
• The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

John Cassavetes Award

August Evening

• Owl and the Sparrow
• The Pool
• Quiet City
• Shotgun Stories

Truer Than Fiction Award

The Unforeseen

• Helvetica
• Running Stumbled

Producers Award

Neil Kopp – Paranoid Park and Old Joy

• Alexis Ferris – Cthulhu and Police Beat
• Anne Clements – Ping Pong Playa and Quinceañera

Someone to Watch Award

Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop

• Ronald Bronstein – Frownland
• Lee Isaac Chung – Munyurangabo

Robert Altman Award

• I'm Not There

References

• "'I'm Not There' feels the Spirit". Variety. 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 
• ""I'm Not There" Atop Spirit Award Nominations; "Juno," "Diving Bell," "Savages" Also". indieWire. 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 
• "'Juno' scores at Spirit Awards". The Envelope. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 
• "'Juno' tops Spirit Awards". Variety. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 
• "Indie Spirit Awards Give 'Juno' Top Prize". Entertainment Weekly. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 

External links

• 2007 Spirit Awards at IMDb