
	Independent Spirit Award
	...Best Supporting Female
	...Best Supporting Male
	...Best Director
	...Best Screenplay
	...Best Cinematography
	...Best Original Score
	...Best Foreign Film
	...Best First Feature
	...Best Male Lead
	...Best Feature
	...Best Female Lead



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Independent Spirit Awards: 1993

Independent Spirit Award

Date:

27 March

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	Passion Fish (1992) - Alfre Woodard
Other Nominees:
	Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Brooke Adams (I) Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992) - Danitra Vance Poison Ivy (1992) - Sara Gilbert Simple Men (1992) - Karen Sillas

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Steve Buscemi
Other Nominees:
	Deep Cover (1992) - Jeff Goldblum Passion Fish (1992) - David Strathairn Waterdance, The (1992) - William Forsythe (I) Waterdance, The (1992) - Wesley Snipes

Best Director


Winner:
	One False Move (1992) - Carl Franklin (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bad Lieutenant (1992) - Abel Ferrara Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Allison Anders Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Quentin Tarantino Swoon (1992) - Tom Kalin

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Waterdance, The (1992) - Neal Jimenez
Other Nominees:
	Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Allison Anders Light Sleeper (1992) - Paul Schrader (I) Midnight Clear, A (1992) - Keith Gordon (I) One False Move (1992) - Billy Bob Thornton

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Night on Earth (1991) - Frederick Elmes
Other Nominees:
	All the Vermeers in New York (1990) - Jon Jost Laws of Gravity (1992) - Jean de Segonzac Light Sleeper (1992) - Edward Lachman Swoon (1992) - Ellen Kuras

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) - Angelo Badalamenti
Other Nominees:
	All the Vermeers in New York (1990) - Jon A. English One False Move (1992) - Terry Plumeri; Peter Haycock; Derek Holt (I) Tune, The (1992) - Maureen McElheron Zebrahead (1992) - Taj Mahal (I)

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Crying Game, The (1992) - Neil Jordan (I) - UK.
Other Nominees:
	Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991) - Yimou Zhang - China/Hong Kong/Taiwan. Danzón (1991) - Mar�a Novaro - Mexico/Spain. Urga (1991) - Nikita Mikhalkov - France/Soviet Union.

Best First Feature


Winner:
	Waterdance, The (1992) - Neal Jimenez (director); Michael Steinberg (I) (director); Gale Anne Hurd (producer); Marie Cantin (I) (producer); Guy Riedel (executive producer)
Other Nominees:
	Laws of Gravity (1992) - Nick Gomez (I) (director); Bob Gosse (producer); Larry Meistrich (producer) My New Gun (1992) - Stacy Cochran (director); Michael Flynn (II) (producer) Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Quentin Tarantino (director); Lawrence Bender (producer) Swoon (1992) - Tom Kalin (director); Christine Vachon (producer)

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	Bad Lieutenant (1992) - Harvey Keitel
Other Nominees:
	Deep Cover (1992) - Laurence Fishburne Laws of Gravity (1992) - Peter Greene (I) Swoon (1992) - Craig Chester Zebrahead (1992) - Michael Rapaport (I)

Best Feature


Winner:
	Player, The (1992) - David Brown (I); Michael Tolkin; Nick Wechsler (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bad Lieutenant (1992) - Mary Kane (III); Edward R. Pressman (I) Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - William Ewart; Daniel Hassid; Seth Willenson Mississippi Masala (1991) - Mira Nair; Michael Nozik (I) One False Move (1992) - Ben Myron

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Gas, Food Lodging (1992) - Fairuza Balk
Other Nominees:
	Johnny Suede (1991) - Catherine Keener Laws of Gravity (1992) - Edie Falco One False Move (1992) - Cynda Williams Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) - Sheryl Lee