Independent Spirit Awards 1998
The 13th Independent Spirit Awards ceremony took place on March 21, 1998.
Summary
The clear winner in the films was Robert Duvall's religious satire Apostle! (The Apostle) , which won three awards, one each for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The latter two went to Duvall himself. Well-known competitors of Duvall were Kevin Smith's comedy Chasing Amy , which won two awards, and Paul Thomas Anderson's first feature film Last Exit Reno (Sydney) , which received five nominations but no award. Atom Egoyan won the award for the best foreign film against prominent competition (for the second time Wong Kar-Wai and for the first time Emir Kusturica ).
Winners and nominees
Best movie
Apostle! (The Apostle) - Rob Carliner
- Chasing Amy - Scott Mosier
- Abused Love (Loved) - Philippe Caland
- Ulee's Gold - Sam Gowan , Peter Saraf
- Waiting for Guffman - Karen Murphy
Best debut film
Eve's Bayou - Kasi Lemmons , Caldecot Church , Samuel L. Jackson
- The Bible and Gun Club - Daniel J. Harris
- In the Company of Men - Neil LaBute , Mark Archer , Stephen Pevner
- Last Exit Reno (Sydney) - Paul Thomas Anderson , Robert Jones , John S. Lyons
- Star Maps - Miguel Arteta , Matthew Greenfield
Best Actor
Robert Duvall - Apostle! (The Apostle)
- Philip Baker Hall - Last Exit Reno (Sydney)
- Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
- Christopher Guest - Waiting for Guffman
- John Turturro - Box of Moonlight (Box of Moon Light)
Best main actress
Julie Christie - Love Whispers (Afterglow)
- Stacy Edwards - In the Company of Men
- Alison Folland - All Over Me
- Lisa Harrow - Sunday
- Robin Wright Penn - Loved Abused
Best supporting actor
- Efrain Figueroa - Star Maps
- Samuel L. Jackson - Last Exit Reno (Sydney)
- Ajay Naidu - SubUrbia
- Roy Scheider - The Myth (The Myth of Fingerprints)
The best supporting actress
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
- Farrah Fawcett - Apostles! (The Apostle)
- Amy Madigan - Abused Love (Loved)
- Miranda Richardson - Apostles! (The Apostle)
- Patricia Richardson - Ulee's Gold
Best screen debut
Aaron Eckhart - In the Company of Men
- Tyrone Burton , Eddie Cutanda , Phuong Dong - Squeeze
- Lysa Flores - Star Maps
- Darling Narita - Bang
- Douglas Spain - Star Maps
Best director
Robert Duvall - Apostle! (The Apostle)
- Larry Fessenden - Habit
- Victor Nuñez - Ulee's Gold
- Paul Schrader - Touch
- Wim Wenders - The End of Violence (The End of Violence)
Best script
- Robert Duvall - Apostle! (The Apostle)
- Christopher Guest , Eugene Levy - Waiting for Guffman
- Victor Nuñez - Ulee's Gold
- Paul Schrader - Touch
Best screenplay debut
Neil LaBute - In the Company of Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson - Last Exit Reno (Sydney)
- Miguel Arteta - Star Maps
- Daniel J. Harris - The Bible and Gun Club
- Steven Schwartz - Die and Inherit (Critical Care)
Best camera
Declan Quinn - Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- Michael F. Barrow , John Foster - Sunday
- Frank G. DeMarco - Habit
- Robert Elswit - Last Exit Reno (Sydney)
- Alex Vendler - The Bible and Gun Club
Producers Award
Scott Macaulay , Robin O'Hara - Habit
- Margot Bridger - The Delta
- Lisa Onodera - The Secret of the Bride (Picture Bride)
- Richard Raddon - Shooting Lily
- Susan A. Stover - Habit
Truer Than Fiction Award
Danielle Gardner - Soul in the Hole ; Errol Morris - Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (Fast, Cheap & Out of Control)
- Michèle Ohayon - Colors Straight Up
Best foreign film
The Sweet Hereafter (The Sweet Hereafter) - Atom Egoyan
- A very hot number (Boca a boca) - Manuel Gómez Pereira
- Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit) - Wong Kar-Wei
- Nénette et Boni - Claire Denis
- Underground - Emir Kusturica
Someone to Watch Award
Scott Saunders - The Headhunter's Sister
- Tim Blake Nelson - The Eye of God
- Erin Dignam - Abused Love (Loved)