Spirit Awards 2004
February 10th, 2005 by Andre Soares
20th Spirit Awards - 2004
Film Independent’s 20th Spirit Award winners were announced in Santa Monica on February 26, 2005.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
BEST FILM (Award given to the Producer)
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace Paul Mezey
Primer Shane Carruth
* Sideways Michael London
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Award given to the Director)
La Mala educación / Bad Education - Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
Oasis – South Korea, Lee Chang-Dong
Feux rouges / Red Lights - France, Cédric Kahn
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside - Spain, Alejandro Amenábar
Yesterday – South Africa, Darrell James Roodt
BEST FIRST FILM (Award given to the Director and Producer)
Brother to Brother Director: Rodney Evans, Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, Isen Robbins, and Aimee Schoof
* Garden State Director: Zach Braff, Producers: Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, and Richard Klubeck
Napoleon Dynamite Director: Jared Hess, Producers: Jeremy Coon, Sean C. Covel, and Chris Wyatt
Saints and Soldiers Director: Ryan Little, Producers: Adam Abel and Ryan Little
The Woodsman Director: Nicole Kassell, Producer: Lee Daniels
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the Director)
Bright Leaves Ross McElwee
Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed Shola Lynch
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky
* Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
Tarnation Jonathan Caouette
BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth Primer
Joshua Marston Maria Full of Grace
* Alexander Payne Sideways
Walter Salles Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries
Mario Van Peebles Baadasssss!
BEST MALE LEAD
Kevin Bacon The Woodsman
Jeff Bridges The Door in the Floor
Jamie Foxx Redemption
* Paul Giamatti Sideways
Liam Neeson Kinsey
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Kimberly Elise Woman Thou Art Loosed
Vera Farmiga Down to the Bone
Judy Marte On the Outs
* Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Full of Grace
Kyra Sedgwick Cavedweller
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
* Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Jon Gries Napoleon Dynamite
Aidan Quinn Cavedweller
Roger Robinson Brother to Brother
Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett Coffee and Cigarettes
Loretta Devine Woman Thou Art Loosed
* Virginia Madsen Sideways
Robin Simmons Robbing Peter
Yenny Paola Vega Maria Full of Grace
BEST SCREENPLAY
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles & Dennis Haggerty
Before Sunset Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
The Door in the Floor Tod Williams
Kinsey Bill Condon
* Sideways Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Brother to Brother Rodney Evans
Garden State Zach Braff
* Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston
Primer Shane Carruth
Robbing Peter Mario F. de la Vega
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for $500,000; Award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Down to the Bone Director: Debra Granik; Writers: Debra Granik and Richard Lieske; Producers: Susan Leber, Anne Rosellini
* Mean Creek Writer/Director: Jacob Aaron Estes; Producers: Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham
On the Outs Directors: Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik; Writer: Lori Silverbush; Producers: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
Robbing Peter Writer/Director: Mario F. de la Vega; Producers: T. Todd Flinchum, Lisa Y. Garibay, and Mario F. de la Vega
Unknown Soldier Writer/Director: Ferenc Toth; Producers: Sean Bachrodt, Seth Eisman, Chachi Senior, and Ferenc Toth
BEST DÉBUT PERFORMANCE (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)
Anthony Mackie Brother to Brother
Louie Olivos, Jr. Robbing Peter
Hannah Pilkes The Woodsman
* Rodrigo de la Serna Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries
David Sullivan Primer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dandelion Tim Orr
* Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries Eric Gautier
Redemption David Greene
Saints and Soldiers Ryan Little
We Don’t Live Here Anymore Maryse Alberti
SPECIAL DISTINCTION
The ensemble cast of the film Mean Creek:
Rory Culkin
Ryan Kelley
Scott Mechlowicz
Trevor Morgan
Josh Peck
Carly Schroeder
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards Site
Spirit Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Costume Designers Guild Awards
London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
National Board of Review Awards
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Producers Guild of America Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
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