Independent Spirit Film Awards 2011

BEST FEATURE
BLACK SWAN
PRODUCERS: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W.
Messer, Brian Oliver

BEST DIRECTOR
DARREN ARONOFSKY - Black Swan

BEST SCREENPLAY
STUART BLUMBERG & LISA CHOLODENKO -
The Kids Are All Right

BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
GET LOW
DIRECTOR: Aaron Schneider
PRODUCERS: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck


BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
LENA DUNHAM - Tiny Furniture

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000;
award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
DADDY LONGLEGS
WRITERS/DIRECTORS: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
PRODUCERS: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott
LBS.
DIRECTOR: Matthew Bonifacio
WRITERS/PRODUCERS: Matthew Bonifacio,
Carmine Famiglietti

BEST FEMALE LEAD
NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan

BEST MALE LEAD
JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
DALE DICKEY - Winter’s Bone

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
JOHN HAWKES - Winter’s Bone

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE - Black Swan

BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
DIRECTOR: Banksy

BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)
THE KING’S SPEECH (United Kingdom)
DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its
ensemble cast)
PLEASE GIVE
DIRECTOR: Nicole Holofcener
CASTING DIRECTOR: Jeanne McCar thy
ENSEMBLE CAST: Ann Guilber t, Rebecca Hall,
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt,
Lois Smith, Sarah Steelene negro