18th Independent Spirit Awards

The 2002 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2002, were announced on March 22, 2003. It was hosted by John Waters.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Far from Heaven

• The Good Girl
• Lovely & Amazing
• Secretary
• Tully

Best First Feature

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

• Interview with the Assassin
• Manito
• Paid in Full
• Roger Dodger

Best Director

Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven

• Joe Carnahan – Narc
• Nicole Holofcener – Lovely & Amazing
• Bernard Rose – ivans xtc.
• Gus Van Sant – Gerry

Best Male Lead

Derek Luke – Antwone Fisher

• Graham Greene – Skins
• Danny Huston – ivans xtc.
• Jeremy Renner – Dahmer
• Campbell Scott – Roger Dodger

Best Female Lead

Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven

• Jennifer Aniston – The Good Girl
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary
• Catherine Keener – Lovely & Amazing
• Parker Posey – Personal Velocity

Best Supporting Male

Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven

• Alan Arkin – Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
• Ray Liotta – Narc
• John C. Reilly – The Good Girl
• Peter Weller – ivans xtc.

Best Supporting Female

Emily Mortimer – Lovely & Amazing

• Viola Davis – Antwone Fisher
• Jacqueline Kim – Charlotte Sometimes
• Juliette Lewis – Hysterical Blindness
• Julianne Nicholson – Tully

Best Screenplay

The Good Girl – Mike White

• Lovely & Amazing – Nicole Holofcener
• Roger Dodger – Dylan Kidd
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing – Karen Sprecher and Jill Sprecher
• Tully – Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake

Best First Screenplay

Secretary – Erin Cressida Wilson

• Hysterical Blindness – Laura Cahill
• Igby Goes Down – Burr Steers
• Interview with the Assassin – Neil Burger
• Kissing Jessica Stein – Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt

Best Cinematography

Far from Heaven – Edward Lachman

• Gerry – Harris Savides
• Interview with the Assassin – Richard Rutkowski
• Narc – Alex Nepomniaschy
• Personal Velocity – Ellen Kuras

Best Foreign Film

Y Tu Mamá También • Mexico

• Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner • Canada
• Bloody Sunday • Ireland
• The Piano Teacher • France
• Time Out • France

Best Documentary Feature

Bowling for Columbine

• The Cockettes
• Devil's Playground
• How to Draw a Bunny
• Stevie

Best Debut Performance

Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding

• Bob Burrus – Tully
• America Ferrera – Real Women Have Curves
• Raven Goodwin – Lovely & Amazing
• Artel Great – Dahmer

John Cassavetes Award

Personal Velocity

• Charlotte Sometimes
• Dahmer
• ivans xtc.
• The Slaughter Rule

Truer Than Fiction Award

Love & Diane

• Spellbound
• Stone Reader
• The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Producers Award

Effie Brown – Real Women Have Curves and Stranger Inside

• Allen Bain and Jesse Scolaro – Manito and Cry Funny Happy
• Eden Wurmfeld – Kissing Jessica Stein and Fanci's Persuasion

Someone to Watch Award

Przemyslaw Reut – Paradox Lake

• Eric Eason – Manito
• Eitan Gorlin – The Holy Land

References

• "Spirited Competition". Entertainment Weekly. 2002-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
• "Independent Spirit Awards nominees announced". Los Angeles Times. 2002-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
• "'Heaven' tops Indie Spirit Awards". Variety. 2003-03-22. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
• ""Far From Heaven" Sweeps 2003 Independent Spirit Awards". indieWire. 2003-03-22. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
• "'Far From Heaven' sweeps Independent Spirit Awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2003-03-24. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

External links

• 2002 Spirit Awards at IMDb