8th Independent Spirit Awards (1993)
Best Feature
The Player
Bad Lieutenant
Gas Food Lodging
Mississippi Masala
One False Move
Best Director
Carl Franklin - One False Move
Allison Anders - Gas Food Lodging
Abel Ferrara - Bad Lieutenant
Tom Kalin - Swoon
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs
Best Male Lead
Harvey Keitel - Bad Lieutenant
Craig Chester - Swoon
Laurence Fishburne - Deep Cover
Peter Greene - Laws of Gravity
Michael Rapaport - Zebrahead
Best Female Lead
Fairuza Balk - Gas Food Lodging
Edie Falco - Laws of Gravity
Catherine Keener - Johnny Suede
Sheryl Lee - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Cynda Williams - One False Move
Best Supporting Male
Steve Buscemi - Reservoir Dogs
William Forsythe - The Waterdance
Jeff Goldblum - Deep Cover
Wesley Snipes - The Waterdance
David Strathairn - Passion Fish
Best Supporting Female
Alfre Woodard - Passion Fish
Brooke Adams - Gas Food Lodging
Sara Gilbert - Poison Ivy
Karen Sillas - Simple Men
Danitra Vance - Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Best Screenplay
The Waterdance - Neal Jimenez
Gas Food Lodging - Allison Anders
Light Sleeper - Paul Schrader
A Midnight Clear - Keith Gordon
One False Move - Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
Best Cinematography
Night on Earth - Frederick Elmes
All the Vermeers in New York - Jon Jost
Laws of Gravity - Jean de Segonzac
Light Sleeper - Edward Lachman
Swoon - Ellen Kuras
Best Original Score
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - Angelo Badalamenti
All the Vermeers in New York - Jon A. English
One False Move - Terry Plumeri, Peter Haycock and Derek Holt
The Tune - Maureen McElheron
Zebrahead - Taj Mahal
Best International Film
The Crying Game • UK
Close to Eden • Soviet Union
Danzón • Mexico/Spain
Howards End • UK
Raise the Red Lantern • China/Hong Kong/Taiwan
Best First Feature
The Waterdance - Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg
Laws of Gravity
My New Gun
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino
Swoon