Independent Spirit Awards: 2000

Independent Spirit Award

Date:	25 March
Host:	Jennifer Tilly
Location:	Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Chloë Sevigny
Other Nominees:
	Go (1999) - Sarah Polley (I) Guinevere (1999) - Jean Smart Judy Berlin (1999) - Barbara Barrie Limbo (1999) - Vanessa Martinez (I)

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Happy, Texas (1999) - Steve Zahn
Other Nominees:
	Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1998) - Clark Gregg Best Man, The (1999/I) - Terrence Howard Cookie's Fortune (1999) - Charles S. Dutton Limey, The (1999) - Luis Guzmán (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Election (1999) - Alexander Payne (I)
Other Nominees:
	Go (1999) - Doug Liman Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) - Harmony Korine Limey, The (1999) - Steven Soderbergh Straight Story, The (1999) - David Lynch (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Election (1999) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)
Other Nominees:
	Dogma (1999) - Kevin Smith (I) Guinevere (1999) - Audrey Wells Limey, The (1999) - Lem Dobbs SLC Punk! (1998) - James Merendino

Best First Screenplay


Winner:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Charlie Kaufman
Other Nominees:
	Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1998) - Tod Williams Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Kimberly Peirce; Andy Bienen Cookie's Fortune (1999) - Anne Rapp Straight Story, The (1999) - John Roach (II); Mary Sweeney

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Three Seasons (1999) - Lisa Rinzler
Other Nominees:
	Ciudad, La (1998) - Harlan Bosmajian Judy Berlin (1999) - Jeffrey Seckendorf Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) - Anthony Dod Mantle Twin Falls Idaho (1999) - M. David Mullen

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Lola rennt (1998) - Tom Tykwer - Germany.
Other Nominees:
	My Son the Fanatic (1997) - Udayan Prasad - UK. Rosetta (1999) - Luc Dardenne; Jean-Pierre Dardenne - Belgium/France. Todo sobre mi madre (1999) - Pedro Almodóvar - Spain. Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Mike Leigh - UK.

Best First Feature - Over $500,000


Winner:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze (director); Michael Stipe (producer); Sandy Stern (I) (producer); Steve Golin (producer); Vincent Landay (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Kimberly Peirce (director); Jeff Sharp (II) (producer); John Hart (V) (producer); Eva Kolodner (producer); Christine Vachon (producer) Three Seasons (1999) - Tony Bui (director/producer); Jason Kliot (producer); Joana Vicente (producer) Tian yu (1998) - Joan Chen (director/producer); Wai-Chung Chan (producer) Twin Falls Idaho (1999) - Michael Polish (director); Marshall Persinger (producer); Rena Ronson (producer); Steven J. Wolfe (producer)

Best First Feature - Under $500,000


Winner:
	Blair Witch Project, The (1999) - Daniel Myrick (director); Eduardo Sánchez (II) (director); Gregg Hale (producer); Robin Cowie (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Ciudad, La (1998) - David Riker (I) (director/producer); Paul S. Mezey (producer) Compensation (1999) - Zeinabu irene Davis (director/producer); Marc Arthur Chéry (producer) Judy Berlin (1999) - Eric Mendelsohn (director); Rocco Caruso (producer) Treasure Island (1999/II) - Scott King (I) (director); Adrienne Gruben (producer)

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	Straight Story, The (1999) - Richard Farnsworth
Other Nominees:
	Being John Malkovich (1999) - John Cusack Corndog Man, The (1999) - Noble Willingham Limbo (1999) - David Strathairn Limey, The (1999) - Terence Stamp

Best Debut Performance


Winner:
	Tumbleweeds (1999) - Kimberly J. Brown
Other Nominees:
	Drylongso (1998) - Toby Smith (I) Edge of Seventeen (1998) - Chris Stafford Election (1999) - Jessica Campbell (I) Sugar Town (1999) - Jade Gordon (I)

Best Feature


Winner:
	Election (1999) - Albert Berger; Ron Yerxa; David Gale (II); Keith Samples
Other Nominees:
	Cookie's Fortune (1999) - Robert Altman (I); Ernst Etchie Stroh Limey, The (1999) - John Hardy (III); Scott Kramer (I) Straight Story, The (1999) - Mary Sweeney; Neal Edelstein Sugar Town (1999) - Daniel Hassid

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Hilary Swank
Other Nominees:
	Election (1999) - Reese Witherspoon Tumbleweeds (1999) - Janet McTeer Valerie Flake (1999) - Susan Traylor Walk on the Moon, A (1999) - Diane Lane (I)


Winner:
	Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (2000) - Owsley Brown
Other Nominees:
	American Hollow (1999) - Rory Kennedy On the Ropes (1999) - Nanette Burstein; Brett Morgen (I) Well-Founded Fear (2000) - Michael Camerini; Shari Robertson


Winner:
	I'm Losing You (1998) - Pamela Koffler
Other Nominees:
	Backroads (2000) - Christine K. Walker - Also for Homo Heights (1998). Boys Don't Cry (1999) - Eva Kolodner Ciudad, La (1998) - Paul S. Mezey


Winner:
	Drylongso (1998) - Cauleen Smith
Other Nominees:
	Getting to Know You (1999) - Lisanne Skyler Item, The (1999) - Dan Clark (VII) Trans (1998) - Julian Goldberger (I)