2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature
Nominees:
The Artist (2011)
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)


Best Male Lead
Nominees:
Demián Bichir for A Better Life (2011)
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)
Ryan Gosling for Drive (2011)
Woody Harrelson for Rampart (2011)
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)


Best Supporting Male
Nominees:
Albert Brooks for Drive (2011)
John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)
John C. Reilly for Cedar Rapids (2011)
Corey Stoll for Midnight in Paris (2011)


Best Director
Nominees:
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)
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
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
Margin Call (2011): J.C. Chandor
Terri (2011): Patrick Dewitt


Best Cinematography
Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman
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)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Natural Selection (2011)


Best International Film
Nominees:
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Melancholia (2011)
A Separation (2011)
Shame (2011)
Tyrannosaur (2011)


Best Documentary
Nominees:
An African Election (2011)
Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
The Interrupters (2011)
The Redemption of General Butt Naked (2011)
We Were Here (2011)


John Cassavetes Award
Nominees:
Bellflower (2011)
Circumstance (2011)
The Dynamiter (2011)
Hello Lonesome (2010)
Pariah (2007)


Truer Than Fiction Award
Nominees:
Bombay Beach (2011): Alma Har'el
Hell and Back Again (2011): Danfung Dennis
Where Soldiers Come From (2011): Heather Courtney


Someone to Watch Award
Nominees:
Simon Arthur for Silver Tongues (2011)
Mark Jackson for Without (2011)
Nicholas Ozeki for Mamitas (2007)


Producers Award
Nominees:
Chad Burris for Mosquita y Mari (2012)
Sophia Lin for Take Shelter (2011)
Josh Mond for Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)


Robert Altman Award
WINNER:
Margin Call (2011)