22nd Independent Spirit Awards
February 24, 2007
Best Film:
Little Miss Sunshine
The 22nd Independent Spirit Awards, given on 24 February 2007, honored the best independent filmmaking of 2006.
Little Miss Sunshine won four Spirit Awards: Best Feature, Director (Dayton and Faris), Supporting Actor (Arkin) and First Screenplay.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor (Best Male Lead)
- Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
- Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
- Ahmad Razvi - Man Push Cart
- Forest Whitaker - American Gun
Best Actress (Best Female Lead)
- Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
- Robin Wright Penn - Sorry, Haters
- Elizabeth Reaser - Sweet Land
- Michelle Williams - Land of Plenty
Best Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) - Guillermo Navarro
Best Director
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
- Robert Altman - A Prairie Home Companion
- Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
- Karen Moncrieff - The Dead Girl
- Steven Soderbergh - Bubble
Best Documentary Film (Best Documentary Feature)
- P.O.V.
- A Lion in the House
- The Trials of Darryl Hunt
- You're Gonna Miss Me
Best Film
Best First Film
Best First Screenplay
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 Dukic
Best Foreign Film
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), Germany
- 12:08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?), Romania
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros), Philippines
- Chronicle of an Escape (Crónica de una fuga), Argentina
- Days of Glory (Indigènes), Algeria
Best Screenplay
Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman
- Neil Burger - The Illusionist
- Nicole Holofcener - Friends with Money
- Ron Nyswaner - The Painted Veil
- Jeff Stanzler - Sorry, Haters
Best Supporting Actor (Best Supporting Male)
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
Best Supporting Actress (Best Supporting Female)
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
Award breakdown
Winners (minimum 1 win)
- 4 / 5 Little Miss Sunshine: Best Director, Film, First Screenplay & Supporting Actor
- 2 / 5 Half Nelson: Best Actor and Actress
- 1 / 2 El laberinto del fauno
- 1 / 2 Friends With Money: Best Supporting Actress
- 1 / 2 Thank You for Smoking: Best Screenplay
Losers (minimum 1 nomination)
- 0 / 3 American Gun
- 0 / 3 The Dead Girl
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