17th Independent Spirit Awards explained

Number:	17
Award:	Independent Spirit Awards
Date:	March 23, 2002
Site:	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host:	John Waters
Best Film:	Memento
Most Wins:	Memento (4)
Most Nominations:	L.I.E. (7)
Last:	16th
Next:	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.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Winners and nominees

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 Nolan^[4] 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 Zwigoff The 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 Deming The 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! Promises Scratch
Best International Film
Amélie • France Amores Perros • Mexico Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti Sexy Beast • Spain/UK Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Jackpot

Acts of Worship
Kaaterskill Falls
Punks
Virgil Bliss

Truer Than Fiction Award

Hybrid

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

Nominations	Film
7	L.I.E.
5	Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5	Memento
3	Acts of Worship
	The Anniversary Party
	Donnie Darko
	Ghost World
	Waking Life

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Memento
3	In the Bedroom
2	Ghost World
2	L.I.E.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Spirit Awards Tilt Toward True Independence. 2002-01-09. Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-19.
Web site: Declaration of Independents. https://web.archive.org/web/20070119222221/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,219670,00.html. dead. January 19, 2007. 2002-03-27. Entertainment Weekly. 2012-08-19.
Web site: "Memento" Has the Spirit. 2002-03-23. E! Online. 2012-08-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvwGcLqat5E 2002 - Best Screenplay & Best Director Christopher Nolan - FilmIndependent on YouTube