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26 February 2012
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Seth Rogen hosted the 27th Annual Independent Spirit Awards Saturday in Santa Monica. Many of the same Academy Award nominees were present for the smaller award show on the beach. Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams scored her first win at the Spirit Awards after five nominations for Best Female Lead in My Week with Marilyn.  Best Supporting Actor favorite for the Academy Award won a Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in The Beginners and odds-on Oscar favorite Alexander Payne and his co-writers nabbed the Spirit award for adapting The Descendants screenplay.

The Artist's was clearly the winner at the independent film awards with the film taking the grand price of Best Feature, Jean DuJardin winning for Best Male Lead, director Michele Hazanavicius was named Best Director, and Guillaume Schiffman for Best Cinematography.  The only category The Artist didn't dominate was the Best Screenplay category which went to the writers of The Descendants' Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash.

 

The Descendants screenplay is predicted to take the Best Adapted Screenplay Sunday for the Academy Awards but the clear forerunner is The Artist.  The Academy Awards airs Sunday, February 29th on ABC.  

See who else won at the 27th Annual Independent Spirit Awards in the complete list of winnersbelow.

Best Feature

THE ARTIST
Producer: Thomas Langmann


Who Didn't Win
50/50
PRODUCERS: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin,
Seth Rogen

BEGINNERS
Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen,
Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy

DRIVE
Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo,
Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel

TAKE SHELTER
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin

THE DESCENDANTS
ProducerS: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

BEST DIRECTOR

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS - The Artist

Who Didn't Win:
MIKE MILLS - Beginners
JEFF NICHOLS - Take Shelter
ALEXANDER PAYNE - The Descendants
NICOLAS WINDING REFN - Drive

BEST SCREENPLAY

ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON & JIM RASH  - The Descendants

Who Didn't Win:
JOSEPH CEDAR - Footnote
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS - The Artist
TOM McCARTHY - Win Win
MIKE MILLS - Beginners

BEST FIRST FEATURE

MARGIN CALL
DIRECTOR: J.C. Chandor
PRODUCERS: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa,
Zachary Quinto


Who Didn't Win:
ANOTHER EARTH
DIRECTOR: Mike Cahill
PRODUCERS: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker

IN THE FAMILY
DIRECTOR: Patrick Wang
PRODUCERS: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
DIRECTOR: Sean Durkin
PRODUCERS: Antonio Campos,
Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond
NATURAL SELECTION
DIRECTOR: Robbie Pickering
PRODUCERS: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

WILL REISER - 50/50

Who Didn't Win:
MIKE CAHILL & BRIT MARLING -
Another Earth
J.C. CHANDOR - Margin Call
PATRICK DeWITT - Terri
PHIL JOHNSTON - Cedar Rapids

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

PARIAH
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Dee Rees
PRODUCER: Nekisa Cooper

Who Didn't Win:
BELLFLOWER
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Evan Glodell
PRODUCERS: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw

CIRCUMSTANCE
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Maryam Keshavarz
PRODUCERS: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz,
Melissa Lee

HELLO LONESOME
WRITER/DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER: Adam Reid

THE DYNAMITER
WRITER: Brad Inglesby
DIRECTOR: Matthew Gordon
PRODUCERS: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

BEST FEMALE LEAD

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - My Week with Marilyn

Who Didn't Win:
LAUREN AMBROSE - Think of Me
RACHAEL HARRIS - Natural Selection
ADEPERO ODUYE - Pariah
ELIZABETH OLSEN - Martha Marcy May Marlene

BEST MALE LEAD

JEAN DUJARDIN - The Artist


Who Didn't Win:
DEMIÁN BICHIR - A Better Life
RYAN GOSLING - Drive
WOODY HARRELSON - Rampart
MICHAEL SHANNON - Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

SHAILENE WOODLEY - The Descendants


Who Didn't Win:
JESSICA CHASTAIN - Take Shelter
ANJELICA HUSTON - 50/50
JANET McTEER - Albert Nobbs
HARMONY SANTANA - Gun Hill Road

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - Beginners

Who Didn't Win:
ALBERT BROOKS - Drive
JOHN HAWKES - Martha Marcy May Marlene
JOHN C. REILLY - Cedar Rapids
COREY STOLL - Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

GUILLAUME SCHIFFMAN - The Artist

Who Didn't Win:
JOEL HODGE - Bellflower
BENJAMIN KASULKE - The Off Hours
DARIUS KHONDJI - Midnight in Paris
JEFFREY WALDRON - The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE INTERRUPTERS
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Steve James
PRODUCER: Alex Kotlowitz


Who Didn't Win:
AN AFRICAN ELECTION
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jarreth Merz
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK
DIRECTOR: Richard Press
PRODUCER: Philip Gefter


THE REDEMPTION OF GENERAL BUTT NAKED
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Eric Strauss,
Daniele Anastasion

WE WERE HERE
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: David Weissman

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

A SEPARATION (Iran)


Who Didn't Win:
DIRECTOR: Asghar Farhadi
MELANCHOLIA
(Denmark, Sweded, France, Germany)
DIRECTOR: Lars Von Trier
SHAME (UK)
DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen
THE KID WITH A BIKE (Belgium, France, Italy)
DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
TYRANNOSAUR (UK)
DIRECTOR: Paddy Considine

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

MARGIN CALL
DIRECTOR: J.C. Chandor
CASTING DIRECTORS: Tiffany Little Canfield,
Bernard Telsey
ENSEMBLE CAST: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley
Tucci