8th Independent Spirit Awards

The 8th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1992, were announced on March 27, 1993. It was hosted by Buck Henry and was the first ceremony held under a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

Nominees and winners

Best FeatureBest DirectorThe Player

Bad Lieutenant Gas Food Lodging Mississippi Masala One False MoveCarl Franklin – One False Move

Allison Anders – Gas Food Lodging Abel Ferrara – Bad Lieutenant Tom Kalin – Swoon Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir DogsBest Male LeadBest Female LeadHarvey Keitel – Bad Lieutenant

Craig Chester – Swoon Laurence Fishburne – Deep Cover Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity Michael Rapaport – ZebraheadFairuza Balk – Gas Food Lodging

Edie Falco – Laws of Gravity Catherine Keener – Johnny Suede Sheryl Lee – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Cynda Williams – One False MoveBest Supporting MaleBest Supporting FemaleSteve Buscemi – Reservoir Dogs

William Forsythe – The Waterdance Jeff Goldblum – Deep Cover Wesley Snipes – The Waterdance David Strathairn – Passion FishAlfre Woodard – Passion Fish

Brooke Adams – Gas Food Lodging Sara Gilbert – Poison Ivy Karen Sillas – Simple Men Danitra Vance – Jumpin' at the BoneyardBest ScreenplayBest First FeatureThe Waterdance – Neal Jimenez

Gas Food Lodging – Allison Anders Light Sleeper – Paul Schrader A Midnight Clear – Keith Gordon One False Move – Billy Bob Thornton, Tom EppersonThe Waterdance – Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg Laws of Gravity My New Gun Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino SwoonBest CinematographyBest Original ScoreNight on Earth – Frederick Elmes

All the Vermeers in New York – Jon Jost Laws of Gravity – Jean de Segonzac Light Sleeper – Edward Lachman Swoon – Ellen KurasTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Angelo Badalamenti

All the Vermeers in New York – Jon A. English One False Move – Terry Plumeri, Peter Haycock and Derek Holt The Tune – Maureen McElheron Zebrahead – Taj MahalBest International FilmThe Crying Game • UK

Close to Eden • Soviet Union Danzón • Mexico/Spain Howards End • UK Raise the Red Lantern • China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

Films that received multiple nominations NominationsFilm5Gas Food LodgingOne False Move4Laws of GravitySwoonThe Waterdance3Bad LieutenantReservoir Dogs2All the Vermeers in New YorkDeep CoverLight SleeperPassion FishTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeZebrahead

Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm2The Waterdance

References

External links 1992 Spirit Awards at IMDb