2008 Independent Spirit Awards Winners

Here are the winners of the 2008 Spirit Awards. A complete list of the nominees, as well as interviews with nominees, can be viewed here.
Best Feature: Juno, Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith (producers)
Best First Feature: The Lookout, Scott Frank (director); Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter F. Parkes (producers)
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
John Cassavetes Award: August Evening, Chris Eska (writer/director); Connie Hill (I) (producer); Jason Wehling (producer)
Best Female: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Male: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Best Supporting Female: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Best Supporting Male: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk to Me
Best Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Best First Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary: Crazy Love, dir: Dan Klores
Best Foreign Film: Once, dir: John Carney
Robert Altman Award: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes (director); Laura Rosenthal (casting director); Cate Blanchett; Christian Bale; Richard Gere; Heath Ledger; Ben Whishaw; Marcus Carl Franklin; Charlotte Gainsbourg; Bruce Greenwood
Truer Than Fiction Award: The Unforeseen, Laura Dunn
Producers Award: Neil Kopp, Paranoid Park, Old Joy
Someone to Watch Award: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop










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