Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature

50/50

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin

The Descendants

Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

The Artist

Thomas Langmann

Take Shelter

Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin

Drive

Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Gigi Pritzker, John Palermo, Michel Litvak

Beginners

Leslie Urdang & Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy & Lars Knudsen

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius

The Artist

Jeff Nichols

Take Shelter

Nicolas Winding Refn

Drive

Alexander Payne

The Descendants

Mike Mills

Beginners

Best Female Lead

Elizabeth Olsen

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Michelle Williams

My Week With Marilyn

Lauren Ambrose

Think of Me

Rachael Harris

Natural Selection

Adepero Oduye

Pariah

Best Male Lead

Demián Bichir

A Better Life

Jean Dujardin

The Artist

Michael Shannon

Take Shelter

Ryan Gosling

Drive

Woody Harrelson

Rampart

Best Supporting Female

Shailene Woodley

The Descendants

Jessica Chastain

Take Shelter

Janet McTeer

Albert Nobbs

Harmony Santana

Gun Hill Road

Anjelica Huston

50/50

Best Supporting Male

Albert Brooks

Drive

Christopher Plummer

Beginners

Corey Stoll

Midnight in Paris

John C. Reilly

Cedar Rapids

John Hawkes

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy

Win Win

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

The Descendants

Michel Hazanavicius

The Artist

Joseph Cedar

Footnote

Mike Mills

Beginners

Best Cinematography

Joel Hodge

Bellflower

Jeffrey Waldron

The Dynamiter

Guillaume Schiffman

The Artist

Darius Khondji

Midnight in Paris

Benjamin Kasulke

The Off Hours

Best Documentary

We Were Here

David Weissman

The Redemption of General Butt Naked

Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion

The Interrupters

Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz

Bill Cunningham New York

Philip Gefter

An African Election

Jarreth Merz

Best First Feature

In the Family

Patrick Wang, Andrew van den Houten, Robert Tonin

Natural Selection

Brion Hambell, Paul Jensen

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach, Patrick Cunningham

Margin Call

Joe Jenckes, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Zachary Quinto

Another Earth

Hunter Gray, Mike Cahill, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker

Best First Screenplay

Patrick deWitt

Terri

Phil Johnston

Cedar Rapids

J.C. Chandor

Margin Call

Mike Cahill & Brit Marling

Another Earth

Will Reiser

50/50

Best International Film

Tyrannosaur

Diarmid Scrimshaw

The Kid With A Bike

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd

Shame

Iain Canning, Emile Sherman

Melancholia

Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth

A Separation

Asghar Farhadi

John Cassavetes Award

Bellflower

Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw

Circumstance

Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa Lee

Hello Lonesome

Adam Reid

Pariah

Nekisa Cooper

The Dynamiter

Mattew Gordon, Kevin Abrams, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson, Art Jones, Merrilee Holt

Robert Altman Award

Margin Call

Joe Jenckes, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Zachary Quinto

Audi Someone to Watch Award

Mark Jackson

Without

Nicholas Ozeki

Mamitas

Simon Arthur

Silver Tongues

Piaget Producers Award

Sophia Lin

Take Shelter

Josh Mond

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Chad Burris

Mosquita y Mari

Nokia Truer Than Fiction Award

Alma Har'el

Bombay Beach

Danfung Dennis

Hell and Back Again

Heather Courtney

Where Soldiers Come From