17th Independent Spirit Awards

Film awards edition 17 Independent Spirit Awards March 23, 2002 Santa Monica, California, U.S. John Waters Memento Memento (4) L.I.E. (7) 16th 18th The 17th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2001, were announced on March 23, 2002. It was hosted by John Waters.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-09-et-munoz9-story.html Spirit Awards Tilt Toward True Independence 2002-01-09 Los Angeles Times 2012-08-19https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,219670,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070119222221/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,219670,00.html dead January 19, 2007 Declaration of Independents 2002-03-27 Entertainment Weekly 2012-08-19http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b43044_memento_has_spirit.html "Memento" Has the Spirit 2002-03-23 E! Online 2012-08-19 Winners and nominees thumb|203x203px|Christopher Nolan, Best Director and Screenplay winner thumb|200x200px|Tom Wilkinson, Best Male Lead winner thumb|176x176px|Sissy Spacek, Best Female Lead winner thumb|220x220px|Steve Buscemi, Best Supporting Male winner thumb|210x210px|Carrie-Anne Moss, Best Supporting Female winner {| class="wikitable" !Best Feature !Best Director |- |Memento Hedwig and the Angry Inch L.I.E. Things Behind the Sun Waking Life |Christopher Nolan – Memento Michael Cuesta – L.I.E. Cheryl Dunye – Stranger Inside Richard Linklater – Waking Life John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch |- !Best Male Lead !Best Female Lead |- |Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom Brian Cox – L.I.E. Ryan Gosling – The Believer Jake Gyllenhaal – Donnie Darko John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch |Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom Kim Dickens – Things Behind the Sun Molly Parker – The Center of the World Tilda Swinton – The Deep End Kerry Washington – Lift |- !Best Supporting Male !Best Supporting Female |- |Steve Buscemi – Ghost World Don Cheadle – Things Behind the Sun Billy Kay – L.I.E. Garrett Morris – Jackpot John C. Reilly – The Anniversary Party |Carrie-Anne Moss – Memento Davenia McFadden – Stranger Inside Summer Phoenix – The Believer Uma Thurman – Tape Tamara Tunie – The Caveman's Valentine |- !Best Screenplay !Best First Screenplay |- |Memento – Christopher Nolan2002 - Best Screenplay & Best Director Christopher Nolan - FilmIndependent on YouTube The Believer – Henry Bean In the Bedroom – Robert Festinger and Todd Field Monster's Ball – Milo Addica and Will Rokos Waking Life – Richard Linklater |Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry ZwigoffThe Anniversary Party – Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell L.I.E. – Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta |- !Best First Feature !Best Debut Performance |- |In the Bedroom The Anniversary Party The Believer Donnie Darko Ghost World |Paul Franklin Dano – L.I.E. Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs – Kaaterskill Falls Clint Jordan – Virgil Bliss Ana Reeder – Acts of Worship Yolonda Ross – Stranger Inside |- !Best Cinematography !Best Documentary Feature |- |Mulholland Drive – Peter DemingThe American Astronaut – W. Mott Hupfel III The Deep End – Giles Nuttgens Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Frank G. DeMarco Memento – Wally Pfister |Dogtown and Z-Boys Go Tigers! LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton Promises Scratch |- ! colspan="2" | Best International Film |- | colspan="2" | Amélie • FranceAmores Perros • Mexico Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti Sexy Beast • Spain/UK Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden |} Special awards John Cassavetes AwardJackpot Acts of Worship Kaaterskill Falls Punks Virgil Bliss Truer Than Fiction Award Hybrid Children Underground The Mark of Cain Promises Trembling Before G-d Producers Award Rene Bastian and Linda Moran – Martin & Orloff and L.I.E. Adrienne Gruben – Treasure Island and Olympia Jasmine Kosovic – Just One Time and The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Nadia Leonelli – Acts of Worship and Perfume Someone to Watch Award Debra Eisenstadt – Daydream Believer DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter – Lift Michael Gilio – Kwik Stop David Maquiling – Too Much Sleep Films with multiple nominations and awards Films that received multiple nominations NominationsFilm 7L.I.E. 5Hedwig and the Angry InchMemento rowspan="5" 5 | 3 |Acts of Worship|- |The Anniversary Party|- |Donnie Darko|- |Ghost World|- |Waking Life'' Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm4Memento3In the Bedroom rowspan="2" 2 | 2 |Ghost World|- |L.I.E.'' References External links 2001 Spirit Awards at IMDb Official ceremony on YouTube 2001 Independent Spirit Awards