Fun Shoots

Actors and their Directors

Meryl Streep hangs with the director of

"Doubt", John Patrick Shanley

Sean Penn and "Milk" director Gus Van Sant chill out

Darren Aronofsky spends some time with

"The Wrestler" star Mickey Rourke

Danny Boyle and Dev Patel reminisce about

their time making "Slumdog Millionaire"

"The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan

and the late Heath Ledger

Penelope Cruz has a soft spot in her heart for

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" director Woody Allen

"Revolutionary Road" director Sam Mendes

and his ex-wife Kate Winslet

Spirit Awards Winners (2010 films)

NOMINATIONS - SPIRIT AWARDS

BEST FEATURE

127 Hours

Black Swan

Greenberg

The Kids Are All Right

Winter's Bone

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 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 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 SCREENPLAY


Diane Bell, Obselidia

Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture


Nik Fackler, Lovely, Still 


Bob Glaudini, Jack Goes Boating

Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, Monogamy

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

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD


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

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy 42nd Birthday, Darren Aronofsky!!!

winning a Spirit Award for Best Feature

Film, "The Wrestler", 2009

giving direction to Ellen Burstyn on the set

of "Requiem for a Dream", 2000

with former wife Rachel Weisz, after she

won Best Supporting Actress, 2006

flipping the bird to Mickey Rourke during his

acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, 2009

with Marisa Tomei and Mickey Rourke at

the premiere of "The Wrestler", 2008

with leading lady Natalie Portman

on the set of "Black Swan", 2010