- Nominees and winners Best Feature Best First Feature Best Director Best Male Lead Best Female Lead Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Foreign Film Best Documentary Feature Best Debut Performance John Cassavetes Award Truer Than Fiction Award Producers Award Someone to Watch Award
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The 17th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2001, were announced on March 23, 2002. It was hosted by John Waters. Nominees and winnersBest FeatureMemento- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- L.I.E.
- Things Behind the Sun
- Waking Life
Best First FeatureIn the Bedroom- The Anniversary Party
- The Believer
- Donnie Darko
- Ghost World
Best Director'Christopher Nolan – Memento - Michael Cuesta – L.I.E.
- Cheryl Dunye – Stranger Inside
- Richard Linklater – Waking Life
- John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Male Lead'Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom - Brian Cox – L.I.E.
- Ryan Gosling – The Believer
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Donnie Darko
- John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Female Lead'Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom - Kim Dickens – Things Behind the Sun
- Molly Parker – The Center of the World
- Tilda Swinton – The Deep End
- Kerry Washington – Lift
Best Supporting Male'Steve Buscemi – Ghost World - Don Cheadle – Things Behind the Sun
- Billy Kay – L.I.E.
- Garrett Morris – Jackpot
- John C. Reilly – The Anniversary Party
Best Supporting Female'Carrie-Anne Moss – Memento - Davenia McFadden – Stranger Inside
- Summer Phoenix – The Believer
- Uma Thurman – Tape
- Tamara Tunie – The Caveman's Valentine
Best ScreenplayMemento – Christopher Nolan- The Believer – Henry Bean
- In the Bedroom – Robert Festinger and Todd Field
- Monster's Ball – Milo Addica and Will Rokos
- Waking Life – Richard Linklater
Best First ScreenplayGhost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff- The Anniversary Party – Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
- Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell
- L.I.E. – Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta
Best CinematographyMulholland Drive – Peter Deming- The American Astronaut – W. Mott Hupfel III
- The Deep End – Giles Nuttgens
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Frank G. DeMarco
- Memento – Wally Pfister
Best Foreign Film Amélie • France- Amores Perros • Mexico
- Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti
- Sexy Beast • Spain/UK
- Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden
Best Documentary FeatureDogtown and Z-Boys- Go Tigers!
- The Legacy of Cotton
- Promises
- Scratch
Best Debut Performance'Paul Franklin Dano – L.I.E. - Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs – Kaaterskill Falls
- Clint Jordan – Virgil Bliss
- Ana Reeder – Acts of Worship
- Yolonda Ross – Stranger Inside
John Cassavetes AwardJackpot- Acts of Worship
- Kaaterskill Falls
- Punks
- Virgil Bliss
Truer Than Fiction AwardHybrid- Children Underground
- The Mark of Cain
- Promises
- Trembling Before G-d
Producers Award'Rene Bastian and Linda Moran – Martin & Orloff and L.I.E. - Adrienne Gruben – Treasure Island and Olympia
- Jasmine Kosovic – Just One Time and The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
- Nadia Leonelli – Acts of Worship and Perfume
Someone to Watch Award'Debra Eisenstadt – Daydream Believer - DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter – Lift
- Michael Gilio – Kwik Stop
- David Maquiling – Too Much Sleep
References- {{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117858149?refcatid=1097&printerfriendly=true|title=Spirits fly to 'L.I.E.'|date=2002-01-08|work=Variety|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/09/entertainment/et-munoz9|title=Spirit Awards Tilt Toward True Independence|date=2002-01-09|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117864351?refCatId=1195|title='Memento' tops Indie Spirit Awards|date=2002-03-23|work=Variety|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/24/local/me-indie24/2|title='Memento' Makes Memories at the Independent Spirit Awards|date=2002-03-24|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,219670,00.html|title=Declaration of Independents|date=2002-03-27|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b43044_memento_has_spirit.html|title="Memento" Has the Spirit|date=2002-03-23|work=E! Online|accessdate=2012-08-19}}
External links - [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000349/2002 2001 Spirit Awards at IMDb]
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