Awards & Winners

2011 Independent Spirit Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2011 Independent Spirit Awards. Check awards winners of 26th Independent Spirit Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

26th Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature

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Nominee Nominated Work
Celine Rattray The Kids Are All Right
Jeff Levy-Hinte The Kids Are All Right
Jordan Horowitz The Kids Are All Right
Gary Gilbert The Kids Are All Right
Daniela Taplin Lundberg The Kids Are All Right
Philippe Hellmann The Kids Are All Right
Alix Madigan Winter\u2019s Bone
Anne Rosellini Winter\u2019s Bone
Scott Rudin Greenberg
Jennifer Jason Leigh Greenberg
Christian Colson 127 Hours
John Smithson 127 Hours
Danny Boyle 127 Hours
Mike Medavoy Black Swan
Arnold Messer Black Swan
Scott Franklin Black Swan
Brian Oliver Black Swan
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male

John Hawkes

Honored for : Winter\u2019s Bone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Samuel L. Jackson Mother and Child
Bill Murray Get Low
John Ortiz Jack Goes Boating
Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
John Hawkes Winter\u2019s Bone
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female

Dale Dickey

Honored for : Winter\u2019s Bone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ashley Bell The Last Exorcism
Daphne Rubin-Vega Jack Goes Boating
Allison Janney Life During Wartime
Naomi Watts Mother and Child
Dale Dickey Winter\u2019s Bone
Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

Darren Aronofsky

Honored for : Black Swan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik Winter\u2019s Bone
Danny Boyle 127 Hours
John Cameron Mitchell Rabbit Hole
Darren Aronofsky Black Swan
Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay

Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko

Honored for : The Kids Are All Right

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stuart Blumberg The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko The Kids Are All Right
Anne Rosellini Winter\u2019s Bone
Debra Granik Winter\u2019s Bone
Todd Solondz Life During Wartime
David Lindsay-Abaire Rabbit Hole
Nicole Holofcener Please Give
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

Lena Dunham

Honored for : Tiny Furniture

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Nominee Nominated Work
Diane Bell Obselidia
Robert Glaudini Jack Goes Boating
Nik Fackler Lovely, Still
Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture
Evan M. Wiener Monogamy
Dana Adam Shapiro Monogamy
Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography

Matthew Libatique

Honored for : Black Swan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jody Lee Lipes Tiny Furniture
Matthew Libatique Black Swan
Adam Kimmel Never Let Me Go
Michael McDonough Winter\u2019s Bone
Harris Savides Greenberg
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature

Banksy

Honored for : Exit Through the Gift Shop

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Nominee Nominated Work
Banksy Exit Through the Gift Shop
Sebastian Junger Restrepo
Tim Hetherington Restrepo
Jeff Malmberg Marwencol
Mark Landsman Thunder Soul
Ilisa Barbash Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor Sweetgrass
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film

Tom Hooper

Honored for : The King's Speech
(Country: United Kingdom)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Country: United Kingdom
Lance Daly Kisses
Country: Ireland
Stéphane Brizé Mademoiselle Chambon
Country: France
Xavier Beauvois Of Gods and Men
Country: France
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Country: Thailand
Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead

Natalie Portman

Honored for : Black Swan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michelle Williams Blue Valentine
Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman Black Swan
Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence Winter\u2019s Bone
Greta Gerwig Greenberg
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature

Dean Zanuck, David Gundlach, Aaron Schneider

Honored for : Get Low

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frazer Bradshaw Everything Strange and New
A.D. Liano Everything Strange and New
Laura Techera Francia Everything Strange and New
Aaron Schneider Get Low
Dean Zanuck Get Low
David Gundlach Get Low
Thomas Bliss The Last Exorcism
Daniel Stamm The Last Exorcism
Eric Newman The Last Exorcism
Marc Abraham The Last Exorcism
Eli Roth The Last Exorcism
Jason Orans Night Catches Us
Sean Costello Night Catches Us
Ron Simons Night Catches Us
Tanya Hamilton Night Catches Us
Alicia Van Couvering Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture
Kyle Martin Tiny Furniture
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

James Franco

Honored for : 127 Hours

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Nominee Nominated Work
Aaron Eckhart Rabbit Hole
James Franco 127 Hours
Ronald Bronstein Daddy Longlegs
Ben Stiller Greenberg
John C. Reilly Cyrus
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award

Benny Safdie, Casey Neistat, Josh Safdie, Tom Scott

Honored for : Daddy Longlegs

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Nominee Nominated Work
Benny Safdie Daddy Longlegs
Josh Safdie Daddy Longlegs
Casey Neistat Daddy Longlegs
Tom Scott Daddy Longlegs
So Yong Kim The Exploding Girl
Karin Chien The Exploding Girl
Bradley Rust Gray The Exploding Girl
Ben Howe The Exploding Girl
Matthew Bonifacio Lbs.
Carmine Famiglietti Lbs.
Bryan Poyser Lovers of Hate
Megan Gilbride Lovers of Hate
Chris Byrne Obselidia
Diane Bell Obselidia
Matthew Medlin Obselidia
Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award

Jeff Malmberg

Honored for : Marwencol
(Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lucien Castaing-Taylor Sweetgrass
Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award
Ilisa Barbash Sweetgrass
Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award
Lynn True Summer Pasture
Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award
Nelson Walker III Summer Pasture
Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award
Jeff Malmberg Marwencol
Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award
Independent Spirit Producers Award

Anish Savjani

Honored for : Meek's Cutoff
(Piaget Producers Award)

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Nominee Nominated Work
In-Ah Lee Au Revoir Taipei
Piaget Producers Award
Adele Romanski The Myth of the American Sleepover
Piaget Producers Award
Anish Savjani Meek's Cutoff
Piaget Producers Award
Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award

Mike Ott

Honored for : Littlerock
(Acura Someone to Watch Award)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Laurel Nakadate The Wolf Knife
Acura Someone to Watch Award
Mike Ott Littlerock
Acura Someone to Watch Award
Hossein Keshavarz Dog Sweat
Acura Someone to Watch Award

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