The 10th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1994, were announced on March 25, 1995. Hosted by Kevin Pollak, it was the second ceremony to be held under a tent in a parking lot on the beach in Santa Monica.
Winners and nominees
Best FeatureBest DirectorPulp Fiction
Bullets Over Broadway Eat Drink Man Woman Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Wes Craven's New NightmareQuentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction
John Dahl – Red Rock West Ang Lee – Eat Drink Man Woman Roman Polanski – Death and the Maiden Alan Rudolph – Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleBest Male LeadBest Female LeadSamuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction
Sihung Lung – Eat Drink Man Woman William H. Macy – Oleanna Campbell Scott – Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Jon Seda – I Like It Like ThatLinda Fiorentino – The Last Seduction
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Karen Sillas – What Happened Was... Lauren Vélez – I Like It Like That Chien-lien Wu – Eat Drink Man WomanBest Supporting MaleBest Supporting FemaleChazz Palminteri – Bullets Over Broadway
Giancarlo Esposito – Fresh Larry Pine – Vanya on 42nd Street Eric Stoltz – Pulp Fiction Nicholas Turturro – Federal HillDianne Wiest – Bullets Over Broadway
V.S. Brodie – Go Fish Carla Gallo – Spanking the Monkey Kelly Lynch – The Beans of Egypt, Maine Brooke Smith – Vanya on 42nd StreetBest ScreenplayBest First ScreenplayPulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino and Roger AvaryBullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Eat Drink Man Woman – Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus and Ang Lee Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle – Alan Rudolph and Randy Sue Coburn Red Rock West – John Dahl and Rick Dahl |Spanking the Monkey – David O. RussellBlessing – Paul Zehrer Clerks – Kevin Smith Fun – James Bosley What Happened Was... – Tom Noonan |- !Best First Feature !Best Debut Performance |- |Spanking the Monkey
Clean, Shaven Clerks I Like It Like That SutureSean Nelson – Fresh
Jeff Anderson – Clerks Jeremy Davies – Spanking the Monkey Alicia Witt – Fun Renée Zellweger – Love and a .45Best CinematographyBest Foreign FilmBarcelona – John Thomas
The Beans of Egypt, Maine – Stevan Larner Eat Drink Man Woman – Jong Lin I Like It Like That – Alexander Gruzynski Suture – Greg GardinerRed • France/Poland
The Blue Kite • China/Hong Kong The Boys of St. Vincent • Canada Ladybird Ladybird • UK Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould • Canada
Films that received multiple nominations NominationsFilm 6Eat Drink Man Woman5Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CirclePulp Fiction4Bullets Over BroadwayI Like It Like ThatSpanking the Monkey3Clerks2The Beans of Egypt, MaineFreshFunRed Rock WestSutureVanya on 42nd StreetWhat Happened Was...
Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm4Pulp Fiction2Bullets Over BroadwaySpanking the Monkey
Special awards
Special Distinction Award Hoop Dreams
Someone to Watch Award Lodge Kerrigan – Clean, Shaven
Friends of Independence Award Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
References
External links 1994 Spirit Awards at IMDb Full show on Film Independent's official YouTube channel