22nd Independent Spirit Awards

The 22nd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2006, were announced on February 24, 2007. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman.[1][2] [3][4][5][6]

22nd Independent Spirit Awards
Date	February 24, 2007
Site	U.S.
Hosted by	Sarah Silverman
Highlights
Best Film	Little Miss Sunshine
Most awards	Little Miss Sunshine (4)
Most nominations	Half Nelson and Little Miss Sunshine (5)

Winners and nominees

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Best Director winners

Ryan Gosling, Best Male Lead winner

Alan Arkin, Best Supporting Male winner

Frances McDormand, Best Supporting Female winner

Jason Reitman, Best Screenplay winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Little Miss Sunshine American Gun The Dead Girl Half Nelson Pan's Labyrinth	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 Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking Edward Norton – The Painted Veil Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart Forest Whitaker – American Gun	Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
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	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
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman Friends with Money – Nicole Holofcener The Illusionist – Neil Burger The Painted Veil – Ron Nyswaner Sorry, Haters – Jeff Stanzler	Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel Half Nelson – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
Sweet Land Day Night Day Night Man Push Cart The Motel Wristcutters: A Love Story	The Road to Guantanamo A Lion in the House My Country, My Country The Trials of Darryl Hunt You're Gonna Miss Me
Best Cinematography	Best International Film
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro Brothers of the Head – Anthony Dod Mantle Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley Man Push Cart – Michael Simmonds Wild Tigers I Have Known – Aaron Platt	The Lives of Others • Germany 12:08 East of Bucharest • Romania The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros • Philippines Chronicle of an Escape • Argentina Days of Glory • France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Half Nelson
	Little Miss Sunshine
3	American Gun
	The Dead Girl
	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
	Man Push Cart
2	Friends with Money
	Pan's Labyrinth
	Thank You for Smoking
	The Painted Veil
	Sorry, Haters
	Sweet Land
	Wristcutters: A Love Story

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Little Miss Sunshine
2	Half Nelson

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Quinceañera

• 12 and Holding
• Chalk
• Four Eyed Monsters
• Old Joy

Truer Than Fiction Award

The Tailenders

• The Chances of the World Changing
• Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Shortbus and Pizza

• Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof – Half Nelson and Point&Shoot
• Julie Lynn – Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less

Someone to Watch Award

Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night

• So Yong Kim – In Between Days
• Richard Wong – Colma: The Musical

Robert Altman Award

• Robert Altman

Special Distinction Award

• David Lynch and Laura Dern for their collaborative work

External links

• 2006 Spirit Awards at IMDb

References

1. "Independent Spirit noms announced". Variety. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
2. ""Half Nelson," "Little Miss Sunshine" Top Spirit Award Nominations". indieWire. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
3. "This year, an independent spirit reemerges". Los Angeles Times. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
4. "'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards". Variety. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
5. "'Sunshine' day at Spirit Awards". The Envelope. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
6. "Spirit Awards Hail Sunshine". Time. 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-21.