Spirit Awards (2011) WINNERS

* who will win

+ who should win

BEST FEATURE


50/50


Beginners


Drive


Take Shelter


*+The Artist


The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR


Mike Mills, Beginners


+Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive


Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter


*Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist


Alexander Payne, The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given

to the director and producer)


Another Earth


In The Family


*+Margin Call


Martha Marcy May Marlene


Natural Selection

BEST FEMALE LEAD


Lauren Ambrose, Think of Me


Rachel Harris, Natural Selection


+Adepero Oduye, Pariah


Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene


*Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD


Demian Bichir, A Better Life


*+Jean Dujardin, The Artist


Ryan Gosling, Drive


Woody Harrelson, Rampart


Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE


*Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter


Angelica Huston, 50/50


+Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs


Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road


Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE


Albert Brooks, Drive


John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene


*Christopher Plummer, Beginners


John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids


+Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the

best feature made for under $500,000)


Bellflower


*Circumstance


Hello Lonesome


+Pariah


The Dynamiter

BEST SCREENPLAY


Joseph Cedar, Footnote


*Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist


Tom McCarthy, Win Win


+Mike Mills, Beginners


Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY


Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, Another Earth


*J.C. Chandor, Margin Call


Patrick DeWitt, Terri


Phil Johnston, Cedar Rapids


+Will Reiser, 50/50

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


Joel Hodge, Bellflower


Benjamin Kuh-Sulk, The Off Hours


Darius Kond-Jee, Midnight in Paris


*+Guillaume Shiffman, The Artist


Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY


An African Selection

Bill Cunningham New York


The Interrupters


The Redemption of General Butt Naked


*+We Were Here

BEST FOREIGN FILM


*+A Separation


Melancholia


Shame


The Kid With a Bike


Tyrannosaur

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

When Soldiers Come Home

Bombay Beach

Hell and Back Again

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Mark Jackson, Without You

Simon Arthur, Silver Tongues

Nicolas Ozeki, Mamitas

PRODUCERS AWARD

Chad Burris, Mosquito y Mari

Sophia Lin, Take Shelter

Josh Mond, Martha Marcy May Marlene

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one

film's director, casting director and its ensemble cast)


Margin Call