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Awards for 1990

Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Drugstore Cowboy: Max Perlich

NOMINEES

Mystery Train: Steve Buscemi
Shag: Scott Coffey
Powwow Highway: Gary Farmer
Mystery Train: Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Laura San Giacomo

NOMINEES

Shag: Bridget Fonda
Drugstore Cowboy: Heather Graham
Miracle Mile: Mare Winningham
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills: Mary Woronov

Best Director

WINNER

Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Steven Soderbergh

NOMINEES

Mystery Train: Jim Jarmusch
Sidewalk Stories: Charles Lane
True Love: Nancy Savoca
Drugstore Cowboy: Gus Van Sant

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Drugstore Cowboy: Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost

NOMINEES

Miracle Mile: Steve De Jarnatt
84C MoPic: Patrick Sheane Duncan
Mystery Train: Jim Jarmusch
Heathers: Daniel Waters

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Drugstore Cowboy: Robert D. Yeoman

NOMINEES

Powwow Highway: Toyomichi Kurita
Mystery Train: Robby Müller
Earth Girls Are Easy: Oliver Stapleton
Talking to Strangers: Rob Tregenza

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

My Left Foot: Jim Sheridan
Ireland/UK.

NOMINEES

Distant Voices, Still Lives: Terence Davies
UK.
Hanussen: István Szabó
Hungary/West Germany/Austria.
High Hopes: Mike Leigh
UK.
Rouge: Stanley Kwan
Hong Kong.

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Andie MacDowell

NOMINEES

Mystery Train: Yûki Kudô
Drugstore Cowboy: Kelly Lynch
Heathers: Winona Ryder
True Love: Annabella Sciorra

Best First Feature

WINNER

Heathers: Michael Lehmann (director), Denise Di Novi (producer)

NOMINEES

84C MoPic: Patrick Sheane Duncan (director), Michael Nolan (producer)
Powwow Highway: Jonathan Wacks (director), Jan Wieringa (producer)
Sidewalk Stories: Charles Lane (director), Howard M. Brickner (producer)
Talking to Strangers: Rob Tregenza (director), J.K. Eareckson (producer)

Best Feature

WINNER

Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Robert F. Newmyer, John Hardy

NOMINEES

Drugstore Cowboy: Nick Wechsler, Karen Murphy
Heat and Sunlight: Steve Burns
Mystery Train: Jim Stark
True Love: Richard Guay, Shelley Houis

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Drugstore Cowboy: Matt Dillon

NOMINEES

Vampire's Kiss: Nicolas Cage
Sidewalk Stories: Charles Lane
Parents: Randy Quaid
Sex, Lies, and Videotape: James Spader

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