Editor

Here’s the full list of Spirit Awards winners:

BEST FEATURE
 (Given to the producer)

Past Lives
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction

BEST DIRECTOR

Celine Song
Past Lives

BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to director and producer)

A Thousand and One
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Producers: Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Brad Weston

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Dominic Sessa
The Holdovers

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to writer, director and producer)

Fremont
Director/Writer: Babak Jalali
Writer: Carolina Cavalli
Producers: Rachael Fung, Chris Martin, Marjaneh Moghimi, George Rush, Sudnya Shroff, Laura Wagner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Eigil Bryld
The Holdovers

BEST EDITING

Daniel Garber
How to Blow Up a Pipeline

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
(Given to the creator, executive producer, co-executive producer)

Beef
Creator/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin
Executive Producers: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich
Co-Executive Producers: Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Ali Wong
Beef

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(Award given to creator, executive producer, co-executive producer)

Dear Mama
Executive Producers: Lasse Järvi, Quincy ‘QD3’ Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles D. King, Peter Nelson, Adel ‘Future’ Nur, Jamal Joseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Janick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair

BEST SCREENPLAY

Cord Jefferson
American Fiction

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik
May December

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
(Given to the director)

Anatomy of a Fall
France
Director: Justine Triet

BEST BREAKTRHOUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Keivonn Montreal Woodard
The Last of Us

BEST DOCUMENTARY
 (Given to the director and producer)

Four Daughters
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Producer: Nadim Cheikhrouha

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Nick Offerman
The Last of Us

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD 
(Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition)

Set Hernandez
Director: Unseen

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

Showing Up
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Casting Director: Gayle Keller
Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams

PRODUCERS AWARD
(Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films)

Monique Walton

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition)

Monica Sorelle
Director: Mountains

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Jury Duty
Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams