Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Street Smart: Morgan Freeman

NOMINEES

Tough Guys Don't Dance: Wings Hauser

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Matewan: James Earl Jones

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The Whales of August: Vincent Price

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

The Dead: Anjelica Huston

NOMINEES

The Glass Menagerie: Karen Allen

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Street Smart: Kathy Baker

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Shy People: Martha Plimpton

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The Whales of August: Ann Sothern

Best Director

WINNER

The Dead: John Huston

NOMINEES

Swimming to Cambodia: Jonathan Demme

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River's Edge: Tim Hunter

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The Big Easy: Jim McBride

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Matewan: John Sayles

Best Screenplay

WINNER

River's Edge: Neal Jimenez

NOMINEES

Swimming to Cambodia: Spalding Gray

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Anna: Agnieszka Holland

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The Dead: Tony Huston

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Matewan: John Sayles

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Matewan: Haskell Wexler

NOMINEES

Tough Guys Don't Dance: John Bailey

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Slam Dance: Amir Mokri

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Barfly: Robby Müller

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The Dead: Fred Murphy

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

My Life as a Dog: Lasse Hallström
Sweden.

NOMINEES

Au Revoir Les Enfants: Louis Malle
France/West Germany.

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Hope and Glory: John Boorman
UK.

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Prick Up Your Ears: Stephen Frears
UK.

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Tampopo: Jûzô Itami
Japan.

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Anna: Sally Kirkland

NOMINEES

The Whales of August: Lillian Gish

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Working Girls: Louise Smith

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Tough Guys Don't Dance: Debra Stipe

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The Glass Menagerie: Joanne Woodward

Best First Feature

WINNER

Dirty Dancing: Emile Ardolino (director), Linda Gottlieb (producer)

NOMINEES

Anna: Yurek Bogayevicz (director/producer), Zanne Devine (producer)

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Hollywood Shuffle: Robert Townsend (director/producer), Carl Craig (producer)

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Siesta: Mary Lambert (director), Gary Kurfirst (producer)

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Waiting for the Moon: Jill Godmilow (director), Sandra Schulberg (producer)

Best Feature

WINNER

River's Edge: Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford

NOMINEES

Matewan: Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi

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Swimming to Cambodia: Renée Shafransky

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The Big Easy: Stephen J. Friedman

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Tough Guys Don't Dance: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

Best Male Lead

WINNER

The Big Easy: Dennis Quaid

NOMINEES

Swimming to Cambodia: Spalding Gray

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The Stepfather: Terry O'Quinn

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Barfly: Mickey Rourke

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Best Seller: James Woods