13th Independent Spirit Awards

The 1997 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1997, were announced on March 21, 1998. It was hosted by John Turturro.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

The Apostle

• Chasing Amy
• Loved
• Ulee's Gold
• Waiting for Guffman

Best First Feature

Eve's Bayou

• The Bible and Gun Club
• Hard Eight
• In the Company of Men
• Star Maps

Best Director

Robert Duvall – The Apostle

• Larry Fessenden – Habit
• Victor Nuñez – Ulee's Gold
• Paul Schrader – Touch
• Wim Wenders – The End of Violence

Best Male Lead

Robert Duvall – The Apostle

• Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold
• Christopher Guest – Waiting for Guffman
• Philip Baker Hall – Hard Eight
• John Turturro – Box of Moonlight

Best Female Lead

Julie Christie – Afterglow

• Stacy Edwards – In the Company of Men
• Alison Folland – All Over Me
• Lisa Harrow – Sunday
• Robin Wright Penn – Loved

Best Supporting Male

Jason Lee – Chasing Amy

• Efrain Figueroa – Star Maps
• Samuel L. Jackson – Hard Eight
• Ajay Naidu – Star Maps
• Roy Scheider – The Myth of Fingerprints

Best Supporting Female

Debbi Morgan – Eve's Bayou

• Farrah Fawcett – The Apostle
• Amy Madigan – Loved
• Miranda Richardson – The Apostle
• Patricia Richardson – Ulee's Gold

Best Screenplay

Chasing Amy – Kevin Smith

• The Apostle – Robert Duvall
• Touch – Paul Schrader
• Ulee's Gold – Victor Nuñez
• Waiting for Guffman – Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy

Best First Screenplay

In the Company of Men – Neil LaBute

• The Bible and Gun Club – Daniel J. Harris
• Critical Care – Steven Schwartz
• Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Star Maps – Miguel Arteta

Best Cinematography

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love – Declan Quinn

• The Bible and Gun Club – Alex Vendler
• Habit – Frank G. DeMarco
• Hard Eight – Robert Elswit
• Sunday – Michael F. Barrow and John Foster

Best Foreign Film

The Sweet Hereafter • Canada

• Happy Together • Hong Kong
• Mouth to Mouth • Spain
• Nenette and Boni • France
• Underground • Yugoslavia/France/Germany

Best Debut Performance

Aaron Eckhart – In the Company of Men

• Tyrone Burton, Eddie Cutanda and Phuong Duong – Squeeze
• Lysa Flores – Star Maps
• Darling Narita – Bang
• Douglas Spain – Star Maps

Truer Than Fiction Award

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Soul in the Hole

• Colors Straight Up
• Family Name
• Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Producers Award

Scott Macauley and Robin O'Hara – Habit

• Margot Bridger
• Lisa Onodera
• Richard Raddon
• Susan A. Stover

Someone to Watch Award

Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister

• Erin Dignam – Loved
• Tim Blake Nelson – Eye of God

External links

• 1997 Spirit Awards at IMDb