2012 Spirit Award Nominations Announced

The Artist, Drive & more up for gongs

2012 Spirit Award Nominations Announced

by James White |
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Awards season is kicking off, and all the various ceremonies are beginning to get their lists out there. Today sees the turn of the Spirit Awards, which honours films made for less than $20 million by US producers.

And from the looks of the list, the teams behind Drive, Take Shelter, 50/50 and The Artist all look to be in with a chance of going home with a gong or two.

The awards will be handed out at the usual beach locale in LA on February 25, the day before the Oscars. Check out a list of the major categories below.

BEST FEATURE

**50/50

Beginners

Drive

Take Shelter

The Artist

The Descendants**

BEST DIRECTOR

Mike Mills, Beginners

Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive

Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE

**Another Earth

In The Family

Margin Call

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Natural Selection**

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

**Bellflower

Circumstance

Hello Lonesome

Pariah

The Dynamiter**

BEST SCREENPLAY

Joseph Cedar, Footnote

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Tom McCarthy, Win Win

Mike Mills, Beginners

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, Another Earth

J.C. Chandor, Margin Call

Patrick DeWitt, Terri

Phil Johnston,** Cedar Rapids**

Will Reiser, 50/50

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Lauren Ambrose, Think Of Me

Rachel Harris, Natural Selection

Adepero Oduye, Pariah

Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD

Demian Bichir, A Better Life

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Ryan Gosling, Drive

Woody Harrelson, Rampart

Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter

Angelica Huston, 50/50

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road

Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Albert Brooks, Drive

John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids

Corey Stoll, Midnight In Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joel Hodge, Bellflower

Benjamin Kasulke, The Off Hours

Darius Khondji, Midnight In Paris

Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist

Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY

**An African Election

Bill Cunningham New York

The Interrupters

The Redemption Of General Butt Naked

We Were Here**

BEST FOREIGN FILM

**A Separation

Melancholia

Shame

The Kid With A Bike

Tyrannosaur**

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Margin Call

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