# 22nd Independent Spirit Awards

The 22nd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2006, were presented on February 24, 2007. The nominations were announced on November 28, 2006. Sarah Silverman returned as host for the second consecutive year.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| Little Miss Sunshine American Gun The Dead Girl Half Nelson Pan's Labyrinth | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion (posthumous) Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl Steven Soderbergh – Bubble |
| Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead |
| Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking Edward Norton – The Painted Veil Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart Forest Whitaker – American Gun | Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters |
| Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female |
| Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine Raymond J. Barry – Steel City Daniel Craig – Infamous Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Frances McDormand – Friends with Money Melonie Diaz – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Marcia Gay Harden – American Gun Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl Amber Tamblyn – Stephanie Daley |
| Best Screenplay | Best First Screenplay |
| Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman Friends with Money – Nicole Holofcener The Illusionist – Neil Burger The Painted Veil – Ron Nyswaner Sorry, Haters – Jeff Stanzler | Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt Conversations with Other Women – Gabrielle Zevin A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints – Dito Montiel Half Nelson – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Wristcutters: A Love Story – Goran Dukić |
| Best First Feature | Best Documentary Feature |
| Sweet Land Day Night Day Night Man Push Cart The Motel Wristcutters: A Love Story | The Road to Guantánamo A Lion in the House My Country, My Country The Trials of Darryl Hunt You're Gonna Miss Me |
| Best Cinematography | Best International Film |
| Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo Navarro Brothers of the Head – Anthony Dod Mantle Four Eyed Monsters – Arin Crumley Man Push Cart – Michael Simmonds Wild Tigers I Have Known – Aaron Platt | The Lives of Others • Germany 12:08 East of Bucharest • Romania The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros • Philippines Chronicle of an Escape • Argentina Days of Glory • Algeria / Belgium / France / Morocco |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 6 | Half Nelson |
| 5 | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 3 | American Gun |
| 3 | The Dead Girl |
| 3 | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints |
| 3 | Man Push Cart |
| 2 | Day Night Day Night |
| 2 | Four Eyed Monsters |
| 2 | Friends with Money |
| 2 | The Painted Veil |
| 2 | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2 | Sorry, Haters |
| 2 | Sweet Land |
| 2 | Thank You for Smoking |
| 2 | Wristcutters: A Love Story |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 2 | Half Nelson |

## Special awards
### John Cassavetes Award

Quinceañera
* 12 and Holding
* Chalk
* Four Eyed Monsters
* Old Joy

### Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horne – The Tailenders
* Eric Daniel Metzgar – The Chances of the World Changing
* A. J. Schnack – Kurt Cobain: About a Son

### Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – Pizza and Shortbus
* Julie Lynn – 10 Items or Less and Nine Lives
* Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof – Half Nelson and Point&Shoot

### Someone to Watch Award

Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night
* So Yong Kim – In Between Days
* Richard Wong – Colma: The Musical

### Robert Altman Award

* Robert Altman (posthumous)

### Special Distinction Award

* Laura Dern and David Lynch ("in recognition of their unique and stunning collaborative work in the mesmerizing Inland Empire as well as the influential independent classics Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart")