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Jeremy Renner and Eva Mendes announced the nominees this morning. For best feature, the nominees are:
127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone
The full list of nominees:
BEST DIRECTOR
DARREN ARONOFSKY - Black Swan
DANNY BOYLE - 127 Hours
LISA CHOLODENKO - The Kids Are All Right
DEBRA GRANIK - Winter's Bone
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL - Rabbit Hole
BEST SCREENPLAY
STUART BLUMBERG & LISA CHOLODENKO -
The Kids Are All Right
DEBRA GRANIK & ANNE ROSELLINI - Winter's Bone
NICOLE HOLOFCENER - Please Give
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE - Rabbit Hole
TODD SOLONDZ - Life During Wartime
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
EVERYTHING STRANGE AND NEW
DIRECTOR: Frazer Bradshaw
PRODUCERS: A.D. Liano, Laura Techera Francia
GET LOW
DIRECTOR: Aaron Schneider
PRODUCERS: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck
NIGHT CATCHES US
DIRECTOR: Tanya Hamilton
PRODUCERS: Sean Costello, Jason Orans,
Ronald Simons
THE LAST EXORCISM
DIRECTOR: Daniel Stamm
PRODUCERS: Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss,
Eric Newman, Eli Roth
TINY FURNITURE
DIRECTOR: Lena Dunham
PRODUCERS: Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Couvering
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
DIANE BELL - Obselidia
LENA DUNHAM - Tiny Furniture
NIK FACKLER - Lovely, Still
BOB GLAUDINI - Jack Goes Boating
DANA ADAM SHAPIRO & EVAN M. WIENER -
Monogamy
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000;
award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
DADDY LONGLEGS
WRITERS/DIRECTORS: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
PRODUCERS: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott
LBS.
DIRECTOR: Matthew Bonifacio
WRITERS/PRODUCERS: Matthew Bonifacio,
Carmine Famiglietti
LOVERS OF HATE
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Bryan Poyser
PRODUCER: Megan Gilbride
OBSELIDIA
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Diane Bell
PRODUCERS: Chris Byrne, Matthew Medlin
THE EXPLODING GIRL
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Bradley Rust Gray
PRODUCERS: Karin Chien, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim
BEST FEMALE LEAD
ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right
GRETA GERWIG - Greenberg
NICOLE KIDMAN - Rabbit Hole
JENNIFER LAWRENCE - Winter's Bone
NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Blue Valentine
BEST MALE LEAD
RONALD BRONSTEIN - Daddy Longlegs
AARON ECKHART - Rabbit Hole
JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours
JOHN C. REILLY - Cyrus
BEN STILLER - Greenberg
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
ASHLEY BELL - The Last Exorcism
DALE DICKEY - Winter's Bone
ALLISON JANNEY - Life During Wartime
DAPHNE RUBIN-VEGA - Jack Goes Boating
NAOMI WATTS - Mother and Child
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
JOHN HAWKES - Winter's Bone
SAMUEL L. JACKSON - Mother and Child
BILL MURRAY - Get Low
JOHN ORTIZ - Jack Goes Boating
MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ADAM KIMMEL - Never Let Me Go
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE - Black Swan
JODY LEE LIPES - Tiny Furniture
MICHAEL McDONOUGH - Winter's Bone
HARRIS SAVIDES - Greenberg
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
DIRECTOR: Banksy
MARWENCOL
DIRECTOR: Jeff Malmberg
SWEETGRASS
DIRECTORS: Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor
RESTREPO
DIRECTORS: Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger
THUNDER SOUL
DIRECTOR: Mark Landsman
BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)
KISSES (Ireland)
DIRECTOR: Lance Daly
MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON (France)
DIRECTOR: Stéphane Brizé
OF GODS AND MEN (Morocco)
DIRECTOR: Xavier Beauvois
THE KING'S SPEECH (United Kingdom)
DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES
(Thailand)
DIRECTOR: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film's director, casting director, and its
ensemble cast)
PLEASE GIVE
DIRECTOR: Nicole Holofcener
CASTING DIRECTOR: Jeanne McCarthy
ENSEMBLE CAST: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall,
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt,
Lois Smith, Sarah Steele
2011 NOMINEES
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The 14th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources
demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award
includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget. The Finalists are:
IN-AH LEE producer of AU REVOIR TAIPEI
ADELE ROMANSKI producer of THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER
ANISH SAVJANI producer of MEEK'S CUTOFF
Piaget Producers Award Nominating Committee:
Karin Chien (chair), Seth Caplan, Lisa Cortes, Amy Kaufman, Barry Mendel
FILMMAKER GRANT NOMINEES
ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The 17th annual Acura Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has
not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Acura.
The Finalists are:
HOSSEIN KESHAVARZ director of DOG SWEAT
LAUREL NAKADATE director of THE WOLF KNIFE
MIKE OTT director of LITTLEROCK
Acura Someone To Watch Award Nominating Committee:
Alison Dickey (chair), Kyle Patrick Alvarez, James Faust, Tom Hall, Ella Taylor
AVEENO® TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The 16th annual AVEENO® Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction
features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted
grant funded by AVEENO®. The Finalists are:
ILISA BARBASH & LUCIEN CASTAING-TAYLOR directors of SWEETGRASS
JEFF MALMBERG director of MARWENCOL
LYNN TRUE & NELSON WALKER directors of SUMMER PASTURE
AVEENO® Truer Than Fiction Nominating Committee:
Darius Marder (chair), Lesley Chilcott, Geeta Ghandbir, Eugene Hernandez, Laura Thielen
JAMESON FIND YOUR AUDIENCE AWARD
The Jameson FIND Your Audience Award was established this year to help make it possible for one Spirit
Award-nominated film to find a broader audience. Spirit Award-nominated films in need of expanding their
marketing and distribution efforts will be considered. The award includes a $50,000 marketing and
distribution grant, funded by Jameson Irish Whiskey. The grant was designed to meet independent
filmmakers' biggest challenge today: How to get their films out into the marketplace. A blue-ribbon
committee will determine the winner.
All of the winners of our filmmaker grants will be highlighted at the Spirit Awards and announced at
the Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch on January 15 at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood.
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