Spirit Awards (2012 films) WINNERS

Best Feature


Beasts of the Southern Wild


Bernie


Keep the Lights On


Moonrise Kingdom


Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director


Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom


Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On


Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Screenplay


Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom


Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks


Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On

Best Female Lead


Linda Cardellini, Return


Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere


Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook


Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Male Lead


Jack Black, Bernie


Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook


John Hawkes, The Sessions


Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On


Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe


Wendell Pierce, Four

Best Supporting Female


Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister


Ann Dowd, Compliance


Helen Hunt, The Sessions


Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice


Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

Best Supporting Male


Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike


David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere


Michael Péna, End of Watch


Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths


Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best First Feature


Fill the Void


Gimme the Loot


Safety Not Guaranteed


Sound of My Voice


The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best First Screenplay


Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void


Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed


Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank


Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever


Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

John Cassavetes Award (for feature made for under $500,000)


Breakfast with Curtis


Middle of Nowhere


Mosquita y Mari


Starlet

The Color Wheel

Best Cinematography


Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints


Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch


Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Documentary


How to Survive a Plague


Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present


The Central Park Five


The Invisible War


The Waiting Room

Best International Film


Amour (France)


Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey)


Rust and Bone (France/Belgium)


Sister (Switzerland)


War Witch (Democratic Republic of Congo)

16th Annual Piaget Producers Award


Nobody Walks


Prince Avalanche


Stones in the Sun

19th Annual Someone to Watch Award


Pincus


Gimme the Loot


Electrick Children

Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award


Leviathan


The Waiting Room


Only the Young

Robert Altman Award


Starlet

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Hugh Dancy (June 19, 1975) was born in Staffordshire, England. His father is a philosopher and professor and his mother is a publisher. He was educated at Dragon School, Winchester College, and finally St. Peter's College. He got his start on the series "Cold Feet" and made his film debut in 2001's "Black Hawk Down". He has since had roles in "Adam", "Confessions of a Shopaholic", "King Arthur", and "Evening". Next up for him: "My Idiot Brother" (with Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, and Elizabeth Banks), "Hysteria" (with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rupert Everett, and Gemma Jones), and "Dorothy of Oz" (with Lea Michele, Patrick Stewart, and Dan Aykroyd).

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Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Joseph Mazzello,

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Max Minghella, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Barry Livingston

Year: 2010

Synopsis: An Internet genius creates Facebook

while attending Harvard University.

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