1st Independent Spirit Awards
The 1st Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1985, were announced on March 22, 1986. The ceremony[1] was hosted by Peter Coyote and was held at 385 North, a restaurant in Los Angeles.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Best Director
Joel Coen – Blood Simple[8]
Martin Scorsese – After Hours
Best Male Lead
- Rubén Blades – Crossover Dreams
- Tom Bower – Wildrose
- Treat Williams – Smooth Talk
Best Female Lead
Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful
Best Screenplay
The Trip to Bountiful – Horton Foote
Best Cinematography
Trouble in Mind – Toyomichi Kurita
- After Hours – Michael Ballhaus
- Blood Simple – Barry Sonnenfeld
- Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart – Michael Chin
Special Distinction Award
References
- ^ The Little Award Show That Could : Film: Since it started in the '80s, the Independent Spirit Awards, sort of an offbeat Oscar, has gained big-name supporters. Saturday's cere...
- ^ California Grows Her Own Cuisine - The New York Times
- ^ In Los Angeles, High-Style Restaurant Fare - The New York Times
- ^ Can Rosalie's Succeed Where 385 North Fell on Its Souffle? - latimes
- ^ 385 North Turns to the Southwest - latimes
- ^ 375 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048 - Apartments Property For Lease on LoopNet.com
- ^ 385 North, Los Angeles (CLOSED): The Chef and Restaurant Database (ChefDb)
- ^ Film Independent. "Film Independent Spirit Awards - A Brief History - Playlist". YouTube. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- "Awards . . . Everybody Wants To Get In The Act". Los Angeles Times. 1986-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- "Independents Get Share Of Awards". Los Angeles Daily News. 1986-04-01. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- "Independence days". Variety. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.