6th Independent Spirit Awards

The 1990 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1990, were announced on March 23, 1991 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

The Grifters

• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• The Plot Against Harry
• Pump Up the Volume
• To Sleep with Anger

Best First Feature

Metropolitan

• House Party
• Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
• The Natural History of Parking Lots
• Twister

Best Director

Charles Burnett – To Sleep with Anger

• Reginald Hudlin – House Party
• John McNaughton – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Allan Moyle – Pump Up the Volume
• Michael Roemer – The Plot Against Harry

Best Male Lead

Danny Glover – To Sleep with Anger

• Martin Priest – The Plot Against Harry
• Christopher Reid – House Party
• Michael Rooker – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Christian Slater – Pump Up the Volume

Best Female Lead

Anjelica Huston – The Grifters

• Mary Alice – To Sleep with Anger
• Eszter Balint – Bail Jumper
• Carolyn Farina – Metropolitan
• Joanne Woodward – Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

Best Supporting Male

Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion

• Willem Dafoe – Wild at Heart
• Robin Harris – House Party
• Ben Lang – The Plot Against Harry
• Tom Towles – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Best Supporting Female

Sheryl Lee Ralph – To Sleep with Anger

• Tracy Arnold – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Ethel Ayler – To Sleep with Anger
• Tisha Campbell – House Party
• A.J. Johnson – House Party

Best Screenplay

To Sleep with Anger – Charles Burnett

• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – John McNaughton and Richard Fire
• Metropolitan – Whit Stillman
• The Plot Against Harry – Michael Roemer
• Pump Up the Volume – Allan Moyle

Best Cinematography

Wild at Heart – Frederick Elmes

• House Party – Peter Deming
• King of New York – Bojan Bazelli
• Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive – Amir Mokri
• The Plot Against Harry – Robert M. Young

Best Foreign Film

Sweetie • Australia

• Black Rain • Japan
• A City of Sadness • Taiwan
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover • France/The Netherlands/UK
• Freeze, Die, Come to Life • Soviet Union

Friend of Independents Award

• Eastman Kodak Co.
• Sovereign Pictures, Inc.

John Cassavetes Award

• Jon Jost
• Edward R. Pressman

Special Distinction Award

• Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson – Dances with Wolves

External links

• 1990 Spirit Awards at IMDb