16th Independent Spirit Awards
| 16th Independent Spirit Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 24, 2001 |
| Site | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | John Waters |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| Most awards | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (3) |
| Most nominations | Requiem for a Dream (5) Chuck & Buck (5) You Can Count On Me (5) |
The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2000, were announced on March 24, 2001. It was hosted by John Waters.[1][2][3][4][5]
Nominees and winners[]
Best Feature[]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best First Feature[]
Best Director[]
Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Darren Aronofsky – Requiem for a Dream
- Miguel Arteta – Chuck & Buck
- Christopher Guest – Best in Show
- Julian Schnabel – Before Night Falls
Best Male Lead[]
Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls
- Adrien Brody – Restaurant
- Billy Crudup – Jesus' Son
- Hill Harper – The Visit
- Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count On Me
Best Female Lead[]
Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream
- Joan Allen – The Contender
- Sanaa Lathan – Love & Basketball
- Laura Linney – You Can Count On Me
- Kelly Macdonald – Two Family House
Best Supporting Male[]
Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire
- Cole Hauser – Tigerland
- Gary Oldman – The Contender
- Giovanni Ribisi – The Gift
- Billy Dee Williams – The Visit
Best Supporting Female[]
Zhang Ziyi – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Pat Carroll – Songcatcher
- Jennifer Connelly – Requiem for a Dream
- Marcia Gay Harden – Pollock
- Lupe Ontiveros – Chuck & Buck
Best Screenplay[]
You Can Count On Me – Kenneth Lonergan
- Chuck & Buck – Mike White
- Love & Sex – Valerie Breiman
- Two Family House – Raymond De Felitta
- Waking the Dead – Robert Dillon
Best First Screenplay[]
Love & Basketball – Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Boiler Room – Ben Younger
- George Washington – David Gordon Green
- Tigerland – Ross Klavan and Michael McGruther
- The Visit – Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Best Cinematography[]
Requiem for a Dream – Matthew Libatique
- Before Night Falls – Xavier Pérez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas
- George Washington – Tim Orr
- Hamlet – John de Borman
- Shadow of the Vampire – Lou Bogue
Best Foreign Film[]
- In the Mood for Love • Hong Kong/France
- Malli • India
- A Time for Drunken Horses • Iran
- The War Zone • UK
Best Documentary[]
Dark Days
Best Debut Performance[]
Michelle Rodriguez – Girlfight
- Curtis Cotton III, Candace Evanofski, Rachael Handy, Donald Holden and Damian Jewan Lee – George Washington
- Rory Culkin – You Can Count On Me
- Emmy Rossum – Songcatcher
- Mike White – Chuck & Buck
Best Feature Under $500,000[]
Truer Than Fiction Award[]
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
- Benjamin Smoke
- Just, Melvin: Just Evil
- Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
Producers Award[]
Paul Mezey – The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack and Spring Forward
- Jim McKay – American Movie and Our Song
- Tim Perell – Louis & Frank and The Myth of Fingerprints
- Diana E. Williams – The Love Machine and Our Song
Someone to Watch Award[]
Marc Forster – Everything Put Together
- Dan McCormack – Other Voices
- Mia Trachinger – Bunny
Films with multiple wins[]
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-3
- Requiem for a Dream-2
- You Can Count on Me-2
Films with multiple nominations[]
- Requiem for a Dream-5
- Before Night Falls-4
- George Washington-4
- Chuck & Buck-3
- Love & Basketball-3
- Our Song-3
- You Can Count on Me-3
- Girlfight-2
- Songcatcher-2
References[]
- ^ "Four Independent Films Dominate Spirit Nominations". Los Angeles Times. 2001-01-11. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Requiem, Count, Chuck & Buck in Three-Way Tie at Spirit Noms". ABC News. 2001-01-11. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Chuck and Requiem lead awards race". BBC News. 2001-01-11. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Tiger Takes 3 Spirit Awards". ABC News. 2001-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Tiger triumph at independent awards". BBC News. 2001-03-25. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
External links[]
Categories:
- Independent Spirit Awards
- 2000 film awards