The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1998, were announced on March 20, 1999. It was hosted by Queen Latifah.
Nominees and winners
{| class="wikitable" !Best Feature !Best Director |- |Gods and Monsters
Affliction Claire Dolan A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Velvet Goldmine |Wes Anderson – Rushmore
Todd Haynes – Velvet Goldmine Lodge Kerrigan – Claire Dolan Paul Schrader – Affliction Todd Solondz – Happiness |- !Best Male Lead !Best Female Lead |- |Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters
Dylan Baker – Happiness Nick Nolte – Affliction Sean Penn – Hurlyburly Courtney B. Vance – Blind Faith |Ally Sheedy – High Art
Katrin Cartlidge – Claire Dolan Christina Ricci – The Opposite of Sex Robin Tunney – Niagara, Niagara Alfre Woodard – Down in the Delta |- !Best Supporting Male !Best Supporting Female |- |Bill Murray – Rushmore
James Coburn – Affliction Charles S. Dutton – Blind Faith Gary Farmer – Smoke Signals Philip Seymour Hoffman – Happiness |Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters
Stockard Channing – The Baby Dance Patricia Clarkson – High Art Lisa Kudrow – The Opposite of Sex Joely Richardson – Under Heaven |- !Best Screenplay !Best First Screenplay |- |The Opposite of Sex – Don RoosAffliction – Paul Schrader Blind Faith – Frank Military Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon The Spanish Prisoner – David Mamet | – Darren AronofskyHigh Art – Lisa Cholodenko Niagara, Niagara – Matthew Weiss Slums of Beverly Hills – Tamara Jenkins Smoke Signals – Sherman Alexie |- !Best First Feature !Best Debut Performance |- |The Opposite of Sex
Buffalo '66 - Vincent Gallo High Art - Lisa Cholodenko - Darren Aronofsky Slums of Beverly Hills |Evan Adams – Smoke Signals
Anthony Roth Costanzo – A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Andrea Hart – Miss Monday Sonja Sohn – Slam Saul Williams – Slam |- !Best Cinematography !Best Foreign Film |- |Velvet Goldmine – Maryse AlbertiAffliction – Paul Sarossy Belly – Malik Hassan Sayeed High Art – Tami Reiker – Matthew Libatique |The Celebration • DenmarkCentral Station • Brazil The Eel • Japan Fireworks • Japan The General • Ireland
Films that received multiple nominations NominationsFilm6Affliction5High Art4Gods and MonstersThe Opposite of Sex3Blind FaithClaire DolanHappinessSmoke SignalsVelvet Goldmine2A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesNiagara, NiagaraRushmoreSlamSlums of Beverly Hills
Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm3Gods and Monsters2High ArtThe Opposite of SexRushmore
Special awards
Truer Than Fiction AwardRegret to Inform Dear Jesse Dying to Tell the Story Moment of Impact Paulina
Producers Award Susan A. Stover – The Sticky Fingers of Time & High Art Margot Bridger – Arresting Gena & The Delta Gill Holland – Hurricane Streets & Spring Forward Andrea Sperling – Nowhere & The Doom Generation
Someone to Watch Award David D. Williams – Thirteen Tony Barbieri – One Lynn Hershman Leeson – Conceiving Ada Eric Tretbar – Snow
References
External links 1998 Spirit Awards at IMDb Full show on Film Independent's YouTube channel