Independent Spirit Awards 2000

16th Independent Spirit Awards

2001

----Best Film:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent in 2001, honored the best in film for 2000.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

*"' Javier Bardem - "Before Night Falls"
*Adrien Brody - "Restaurant"
*Billy Crudup - "Jesus' Son"
*Hill Harper - "The Visit"
*Mark Ruffalo - "You Can Count on Me"

Best Actress

*Joan Allen - "The Contender"
*"' Ellen Burstyn - "Requiem for a Dream"
*Sanaa Lathan - "Love & Basketball"
*Laura Linney - "You Can Count on Me"
*Kelly Macdonald - "Two Family House"

Best Cinematography

*"Before Night Falls"
*"George Washington"
*"Hamlet"
*"' "Requiem for a Dream"
*"Shadow of the Vampire"

Best Director

*Darren Aronofsky - "Requiem for a Dream"
*Miguel Arteta - "Chuck & Buck"
*Christopher Guest - "Best in Show"
*"' Ang Lee - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"
*Julian Schnabel - "Before Night Falls"

Best Documentary Feature

*"' "Dark Days"
*"The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
*"Long Night's Journey Into Day"
*"Paragraph 175"
*"Sound and Fury"

Best Film

*"Before Night Falls"
*"' "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"
*"George Washington"
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*"Requiem for a Dream"

Best Screenplay

*"Chuck & Buck" - Mike White
*"Love & Sex" - Valerie Breiman
*"Two Family House" - Raymond De Felitta
*"Waking the Dead" - Robert Dillon
*"' "You Can Count on Me" - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Supporting Actor

*"' Willem Dafoe - "Shadow of the Vampire"
*Cole Hauser - "Tigerland"
*Gary Oldman - "The Contender"
*Giovanni Ribisi - "The Gift"
*Billy Dee Williams - "The Visit"

Best Supporting Actress

*Jennifer Connelly - "Requiem for a Dream"
*Pat Carroll - "Songcatcher"
*"' Ziyi Zhang - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"
*Marcia Gay Harden - "Pollock"
*Lupe Ontiveros - "Chuck & Buck"