Independent Spirit Award Nominations For 2000

Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)

• "Election," Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, David Gale, and Keith Samples
• "The Limey," John Hardy & Scott Kramer
• "The Straight Story," Mary Sweeney & Neal Edelstein
• "Sugar Town ," Daniel Hassid
• "Cookie's Fortune," Robert Altman & Etchie Stroh

Best Director

• Alexander Payne, "Election"
• Harmony Korine, "julien donkey-boy"
• Steven Soderbergh, "The Limey"
• David Lynch, "The Straight Story"
• Doug Liman, "Go"

Best First Feature - Over $500,000

• "Being John Malkovich," Director: Spike Jonze. Producers: Michael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, and Vincent Landay
• "Boys Don't Cry," Director: Kimberly Peirce. Producers: Jeffrey Sharp, John Hart, Eva Kolodner, and Christine Vachon
• "Three Seasons," Director: Tony Bui. Producers: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, & Tony Bui
• "Twin Falls Idaho," Director: Michael Polish. Producers: Marshall Persinger, Rena Ronson and Steven J. Wolfe
• "Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl," Director: Joan Chen. Producers: Joan Chen and Alice Chan

Best First Feature - under $500,000

• "The Blair Witch Project," Directors:Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez Producers: Gregg Hale & Robin Cowie
• "La Ciudad," Director: David Riker. Producers: David Riker & Paul S. Mezey
• "Compensation," Director: Zeinabu Irene Davis. Producers: Zeinabu irene Davis & Marc Arthur Chery
• "Judy Berlin," Director: Eric Mendelsohn. Producer: Rocco Caruso
• "Treasure Island," Director: Scott King. Producer: Adrienne Gruben

Best Debut Performance

• Kimberly J. Brown, "Tumbleweeds"
• Jessica Campbell, "Election"
• Jade Gordon, "Sugar Town"
• Toby Smith, "Drylongso"
• Chris Stafford, "Edge of Seventeen"

Best Female Lead

• Diane Lane, "Walk on the Moon"
• Janet McTeer, "Tumbleweeds"
• Hilary Swank , "Boys Don't Cry"
• Susan Traylor, "Valerie Flake"
• Reese Witherspoon, "Election"

Best Supporting Female

• Barbara Barrie, "Judy Berlin"
• Vanessa Martinez, "Limbo"
• Sarah Polley, "Go"
• Chloe Sevigny, "Boys Don't Cry"
• Jean Smart, "Guinevere"

Best Male Lead

• John Cusack, "Being John Malkovich"
• Richard Farnsworth, "The Straight Story"
• Terence Stamp, "The Limey"
• David Strathairn, "Limbo"
• Noble Willingham, "The Corndog Man"

Best Supporting Male

• Charles S. Dutton, "Cookie's Fortune"
• Luis Guzman, "The Limey"
• Terrence Howard, "The Best Man"
• Clark Gregg, "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole"
• Steve Zahn, "Happy, Texas"

Best Screenplay

• Kevin Smith, "Dogma"
• Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, "Election"
• Audrey Wells, "Guinevere"
• Lem Dobbs, "The Limey"
• James Merendino, "SLC Punk!"

Best First Screenplay

• Tod Williams, "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole"
• Charlie Kaufman, "Being John Malkovich"
• Kimberly Peirce & Andy Bienen, "Boys Don't Cry"
• Anne Rapp, "Cookie's Fortune"
• John Roach & Mary Sweeney, "The Straight Story"

Best Cinematographer

• M. David Mullen, "Twin Falls Idaho"
• Lisa Rinzler, "Three Seasons"
• Anthony Dod Mantle, "julien donkey-boy "
• Jeffrey Seckendorf, "Judy Berlin"
• Harlan Bosmajian, "La Ciudad"

Best Foreign Film

• "All About My Mother," (Spain). Director: Pedro Almodovar
• "Run Lola Run," (German). Director: Tom Tykwer
• "My Son the Fanatic," (England). Director: Udayan Prasad
• "Topsy-Turvy," (England). Director: Mike Leigh
• "Rosetta," (Belgium-France). Director: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne