Question: What did the host of the 18th Independent Spirit Awards rise to fame for?

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
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Essex County Division
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18th Independent Spirit Awards
Silent Light
Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing

The Film Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated "Spirit Awards" and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers.
 Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films.
 Since 2006, winners have received a trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual awards given by Independent Spirit Awards, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
The 32nd Independent Spirit Awards (2017) nominees were announced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces them, on November 22, 2016.
 The ceremony, hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, took place on Saturday, February 25, 2017, and was broadcast live on IFC at 2:00 pm PT.
 Online streaming service Sundance Now live-streamed the Spirit Awards concurrently with the telecast, with an on-demand version available on Sundance Now.
The Essex County Division was a formation of the British Army formed in World War II on 18 February 1941 by the redesignation of the West Sussex County Division.
 It lasted until 7 October when it was disbanded.
 It had one commanding officer, Major General J. H. T. Priestman, and commanded the 207th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), 208th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) and 223rd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home).
 It was under the command of XI Corps from formation to 22 July and then under GHQ Home Forces.
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films.
The 2002 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2002, were announced on March 22, 2003.
 It was hosted by John Waters.
Silent Light (Plautdietsch: "Stellet Licht"; Spanish: "Luz silenciosa" ) is a 2007 film written and directed by Carlos Reygadas.
 Filmed in a Mennonite colony close to Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua State, Northern Mexico, "Silent Light" tells the story of a Mennonite married man who falls in love with another woman, threatening his place in the conservative community.
 The dialogue is in Plautdietsch, the Low German dialect of the Mennonites.
 The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 80th Academy Awards, but it did not make the shortlist.
 The film was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards.
 It gained nine nominations, including all major categories, in the Ariel Awards, the Mexican national awards.
Mihai Mălaimare Jr. (born 1975) is a Romanian cinematographer.
 He is the son of the Romanian actor and former politician .
 He was a cinematographer on films directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Thomas Anderson.
 He was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards for "Youth Without Youth" in 2008.
The 2012 Independent Spirit Awards was the 28th annual occasion of the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
 It announced its nominees on November 27, 2012.
 The winners were announced on February 23, 2013 during an awards ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg.
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing is one of the annual awards given by Independent Spirit Awards, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.