17th Independent Spirit Awards explained

The 17th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2001, were announced on March 23, 2002. It was hosted by John Waters.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
Memento Hedwig and the Angry Inch L.I.E. Things Behind the Sun Waking Life	Christopher Nolan  - Memento Michael Cuesta  - L.I.E. Cheryl Dunye  - Stranger Inside Richard Linklater  - Waking Life John Cameron Mitchell  - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Tom Wilkinson  - In the Bedroom Brian Cox  - L.I.E. Ryan Gosling  - The Believer Jake Gyllenhaal  - Donnie Darko John Cameron Mitchell  - Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Sissy Spacek  - In the Bedroom Kim Dickens  - Things Behind the Sun Molly Parker  - The Center of the World Tilda Swinton  - The Deep End Kerry Washington  - Lift
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Steve Buscemi  - Ghost World Don Cheadle  - Things Behind the Sun Billy Kay  - L.I.E. Garrett Morris  - Jackpot John C. Reilly  - The Anniversary Party	Carrie-Anne Moss  - Memento Davenia McFadden  - Stranger Inside Summer Phoenix  - The Believer Uma Thurman  - Tape Tamara Tunie  - The Caveman's Valentine
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Memento  - Christopher Nolan[4] The Believer  - Henry Bean In the Bedroom  - Robert Festinger and Todd Field Monster's Ball  - Milo Addica and Will Rokos Waking Life  - Richard Linklater	Ghost World  - Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff The Anniversary Party  - Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming Donnie Darko  - Richard Kelly Hedwig and the Angry Inch  - John Cameron Mitchell L.I.E.  - Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta
Best First Feature	Best Debut Performance
In the Bedroom The Anniversary Party The Believer Donnie Darko Ghost World	Paul Franklin Dano  - L.I.E. Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs  - Kaaterskill Falls Clint Jordan  - Virgil Bliss Ana Reeder  - Acts of Worship Yolonda Ross  - Stranger Inside
Best Cinematography	Best Documentary Feature
Mulholland Drive  - Peter Deming The American Astronaut  - W. Mott Hupfel III The Deep End  - Giles Nuttgens Hedwig and the Angry Inch  - Frank G. DeMarco Memento  - Wally Pfister	Dogtown and Z-Boys Go Tigers! Promises Scratch
Best International Film
Amélie • France Amores Perros • Mexico Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti Sexy Beast • Spain/UK Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Jackpot

• Acts of Worship
• Kaaterskill Falls
• Punks
• Virgil Bliss

Truer Than Fiction Award

Hybrid

• Children Underground
• The Mark of Cain
• Promises
• Trembling Before G-d

Producers Award

Rene Bastian and Linda Moran  - Martin & Orloff and L.I.E.

• Adrienne Gruben  - Treasure Island and Olympia
• Jasmine Kosovic  - Just One Time and The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
• Nadia Leonelli  - Acts of Worship and Perfume

Someone to Watch Award

Debra Eisenstadt  - Daydream Believer

• DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter  - Lift
• Michael Gilio  - Kwik Stop
• David Maquiling  - Too Much Sleep

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
7	L.I.E.
5	Hedwig and the Angry Inch
	Memento
3	Acts of Worship
	The Anniversary Party
	Donnie Darko
	Ghost World
	Waking Life

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Memento
3	In the Bedroom
2	Ghost World
	L.I.E.

External links

• 2001 Spirit Awards at IMDb
• Official ceremony on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spirit Awards Tilt Toward True Independence. 2002-01-09. Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-19.
2. Web site: Declaration of Independents. https://web.archive.org/web/20070119222221/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,219670,00.html. dead. January 19, 2007. 2002-03-27. Entertainment Weekly. 2012-08-19.
3. Web site: "Memento" Has the Spirit. 2002-03-23. E! Online. 2012-08-19.
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvwGcLqat5E 2002 - Best Screenplay & Best Director Christopher Nolan - FilmIndependent on YouTube