14th Independent Spirit Awards

14th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 20, 1999
Site	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Queen Latifah
Highlights
Best Film	Gods and Monsters
Most awards	Gods and Monsters (3)
Most nominations	Affliction (6)
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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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Nominees and winners

Wes Anderson, Best Director winner

Ian McKellen, Best Male Lead winner

Ally Sheedy, Best Female Lead winner

Bill Murray, Best Supporting Male winner

Lynn Redgrave, Best Supporting Female winner

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 Roos Affliction – Paul Schrader Blind Faith – Frank Military Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon The Spanish Prisoner – David Mamet	π – Darren Aronofsky High 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 High Art π 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 Alberti Affliction – Paul Sarossy Belly – Malik Hassan Sayeed High Art – Tami Reiker π – Matthew Libatique	The Celebration • Denmark Central Station • Brazil The Eel • Japan Fireworks • Japan The General • Ireland

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6	Affliction
5	High Art
4	Gods and Monsters
	The Opposite of Sex
3	Blind Faith
	Claire Dolan
	Happiness
	π
	Smoke Signals
	Velvet Goldmine
2	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
	Niagara, Niagara
	Rushmore
	Slam
	Slums of Beverly Hills

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
3	Gods and Monsters
2	High Art
	The Opposite of Sex
	Rushmore

Special awards

Truer Than Fiction Award

Regret 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

1. ""Affliction" Tops Spirit Award Nominations; "Monster," "Art," and "Sex" Also Nab Numerous Nods". indieWire. January 8, 1999. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
2. "'Gods' a Monster of a Hit at Indie Awards". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1999. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
3. Karger, Dave; Jensen, Jeff (April 2, 1999). "An Easy Spirit". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

External links

• 1998 Spirit Awards at IMDb
• Full show on Film Independent's YouTube channel