23rd Independent Spirit Awards


The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2007, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by Rainn Wilson.

Winners and nominees

Best FeatureBest Director
Juno
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Todd Haynes - I'm Not There
  • Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
  • Jason Reitman - Juno
  • Gus Van Sant - Paranoid Park
    • Best Male LeadBest Female Lead
    Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
  • Pedro Castaneda - August Evening
  • Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
  • Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
  • Tony Leung - Lust, Caution
    		• Elliot Page - Juno
  • Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
  • Sienna Miller - Interview
  • Parker Posey - Broken English
  • Tang Wei - Lust, Caution
    • Best Supporting MaleBest Supporting Female
    Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk to Me
  • Marcus Carl Franklin - I'm Not There
  • Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound
  • Irrfan Khan - The Namesake
  • Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn
    		• Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
  • Anna Kendrick - Rocket Science
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - Margot at the Wedding
  • Tamara Podemski - Four Sheets to the Wind
  • Marisa Tomei - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    • Best ScreenplayBest First Screenplay
    The Savages - Tamara Jenkins
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Ronald Harwood
  • Starting Out in the Evening - Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner
  • Waitress - Adrienne Shelly
  • Year of the Dog - Mike White
    		• Juno - Diablo Cody
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Kelly Masterson
  • Broken English - Zoe Cassavetes
  • A Mighty Heart - John Orloff
  • Rocket Science - Jeffrey Blitz
    • Best First FeatureBest Documentary
    The Lookout
  • 2 Days in Paris
  • Great World of Sound
  • Rocket Science
  • Vanaja
    		• Crazy Love
  • Lake of Fire
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • The Monastery
  • The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    • Best CinematographyBest Foreign Film
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Janusz Kamiński
  • Lust, Caution - Rodrigo Prieto
  • The Savages - W. Mott Hupfel III
  • Vanaja - Milton Kam
  • Youth Without Youth - Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
    		• Once • Ireland
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania
  • The Band's Visit • Israel
  • Lady Chatterley • France
  • Persepolis • France

    • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsFilm
    3Juno
    2The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    2The Savages

    Special awards

    [Independent Spirit [John Cassavetes Award|John Cassavetes Award]]

    August Evening

    Truer Than Fiction Award

    The Unforeseen

    Producers Award

    Neil Kopp - Paranoid Park and Old Joy

    Someone to Watch Award

    Ramin Bahrani - Chop Shop

    [Independent Spirit [Robert Altman Award|Robert Altman Award]]