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.

Winners and nominees

Best FeatureBest 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 LeadBest 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 MaleBest 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 ScreenplayBest 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
  • ' - Goran Dukić
    • Best First FeatureBest Documentary Feature
    Sweet Land
  • Day Night Day Night
  • Man Push Cart
  • The Motel
  • '
    		• The Road to Guantanamo
  • A Lion in the House
  • My Country, My Country
  • The Trials of Darryl Hunt
  • You're Gonna Miss Me
    • Best CinematographyBest 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
  • • 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

    AwardsFilm
    4Little Miss Sunshine
    2Half Nelson

    Special awards

    [Independent Spirit [John Cassavetes Award|John Cassavetes Award]]

    Quinceañera
    The Tailenders
    'Howard Gertler and Tim Perell - Shortbus and Pizza
    Julia Loktev - Day Night Day Night