2012 Indie Spirit Winners

My picks for winners are in bold. The winners say winner. I will update as I watch these.

Best Feature

Nominees:

The Artist (2011)-WINNER

50/50 (2011)

Beginners (2010)

Drive (2011)

Take Shelter (2011)

Best Female Lead

Nominees:

Lauren Ambrose for Think of Me (2011)

Rachael Harris for Natural Selection (2011)

Adepero Oduye for Pariah (2007)

Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)-WINNER

Best Male Lead

Nominees:

Demián Bichir for A Better Life (2011)

Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)-WINNER

Ryan Gosling for Drive (2011)

Woody Harrelson for Rampart (2011)-Why wasn't nominated for an Oscar?

Michael Shannon for Take Shelter (2011)

Best Supporting Female

Nominees:

Jessica Chastain for Take Shelter (2011)

Anjelica Huston for 50/50 (2011)

Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Harmony Santana for Gun Hill Road (2011)

Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)-WINNER

Best Supporting Male

Nominees:

Albert Brooks for Drive (2011)

John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)-WINNER

John C. Reilly for Cedar Rapids (2011)

Corey Stoll for Midnight in Paris (2011)

Best Director

Nominees:

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)-WINNER

Mike Mills for Beginners (2010)

Jeff Nichols for Take Shelter (2011)

Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive (2011)

Best Screenplay

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius

Beginners (2010): Mike Mills

The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash-WINNER

Footnote (2011): Joseph Cedar

Win Win (2011): Thomas McCarthy

Best First Screenplay

Nominees:

Another Earth (2011): Mike Cahill, Brit Marling

Cedar Rapids (2011): Phil Johnston

50/50 (2011): Will Reiser-WINNER

Margin Call (2011): J.C. Chandor

Terri (2011): Patrick Dewitt

Best Cinematography

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman-WINNER

Bellflower (2011): Joel Hodge

The Dynamiter (2011): Jeffrey Waldron

Midnight in Paris (2011): Darius Khondji

The Off Hours (2011): Benjamin Kasulke

Best First Feature

Nominees:

Another Earth (2011)

In the Family (2011)

Margin Call (2011)-WINNER

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Natural Selection (2011)

Best International Film

Nominees:

The Kid with a Bike (2011)

Melancholia (2011)

A Separation (2011)-WINNER

Shame (2011)

Tyrannosaur (2011)

John Cassavetes Award

Nominees:

Bellflower (2011)

Circumstance (2011)

The Dynamiter (2011)

Hello Lonesome (2010)

Pariah (2007)-WINNER

Someone to Watch Award

Nominees:

Simon Arthur for Silver Tongues (2011)

Mark Jackson for Without (2011)-WINNER

Nicholas Ozeki for Mamitas (2007)

Producers Award

Nominees:

Chad Burris for Mosquita y Mari (2011)

Sophia Lin for Take Shelter (2011)-WINNER

Josh Mond for Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)