# 13th Independent Spirit Awards

The 13th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1997, were announced on March 21, 1998. It was hosted by John Turturro.

## Nominees and winners

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| The Apostle Chasing Amy Loved Ulee's Gold Waiting for Guffman | Robert Duvall – The Apostle Larry Fessenden – Habit Victor Nuñez – Ulee's Gold Paul Schrader – Touch Wim Wenders – The End of Violence |
| Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead |
| Robert Duvall – The Apostle Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold Christopher Guest – Waiting for Guffman Philip Baker Hall – Hard Eight John Turturro – Box of Moonlight | Julie Christie – Afterglow Stacy Edwards – In the Company of Men Alison Folland – All Over Me Lisa Harrow – Sunday Robin Wright Penn – Loved |
| Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female |
| Jason Lee – Chasing Amy Efrain Figueroa – Star Maps Samuel L. Jackson – Hard Eight Ajay Naidu – SubUrbia Roy Scheider – The Myth of Fingerprints | Debbi Morgan – Eve's Bayou Farrah Fawcett – The Apostle Amy Madigan – Loved Miranda Richardson – The Apostle Patricia Richardson – Ulee's Gold |
| Best Screenplay | Best First Screenplay |
| Chasing Amy – Kevin Smith The Apostle – Robert Duvall Touch – Paul Schrader Ulee's Gold – Victor Nuñez Waiting for Guffman – Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy | In the Company of Men – Neil LaBute The Bible and Gun Club – Daniel J. Harris Critical Care – Steven Schwartz Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson Star Maps – Miguel Arteta |
| Best First Feature | Best Debut Performance |
| Eve's Bayou The Bible and Gun Club Hard Eight In the Company of Men Star Maps | Aaron Eckhart – In the Company of Men Tyrone Burton, Eddie Cutanda and Phuong Duong – Squeeze Lysa Flores – Star Maps Darling Narita – Bang Douglas Spain – Star Maps |
| Best Cinematography | Best International Film |
| Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love – Declan Quinn The Bible and Gun Club – Alex Vendler Habit – Frank G. DeMarco Hard Eight – Robert Elswit Sunday – Michael F. Barrow and John Foster | The Sweet Hereafter • Canada Happy Together • Hong Kong Mouth to Mouth • Spain Nenette and Boni • France Underground • Yugoslavia/France/Germany |

### Films that received multiple nominations

| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | The Apostle |
| 6 | Star Maps |
| 5 | Hard Eight |
| 5 | Ulee's Gold |
| 4 | In the Company of Men |
| 4 | Loved |
| 3 | The Bible and Gun Club |
| 3 | Chasing Amy |
| 3 | Habit |
| 3 | Waiting for Guffman |
| 2 | Eve's Bayou |
| 2 | Sunday |
| 2 | Touch |

#### Films that won multiple awards

| Awards | Film |
| 3 | The Apostle |
| 2 | Chasing Amy |
| 2 | Eve's Bayou |
| 2 | In the Company of Men |

## Special awards
### Truer Than Fiction Award

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
* Colors Straight Up
* Family Name
* Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
* Soul in the Hole

### Producers Award

Scott Macauley and Robin O'Hara – Habit
* Margot Bridger – Arresting Gena & The Delta
* Lisa Onodera – Picture Bride & Forbidden City U.S.A.
* Richard Raddon – Shooting Lilly & The Making of '...And God Spoke'
* Susan A. Stover – High Art & River of Grass

### Someone to Watch Award

Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister
* Erin Dignam – Loved
* Tim Blake Nelson – Eye of God