Independent Spirit Awards of 1989

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The 4th Annual Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent, honored the best independent filmmaking of 1988.

[edit] Best Cinematography

• Patti Rocks - Gregory Cummins
• Stand and Deliver - Tom Richmond
• Talk Radio - Robert Richardson
• The Moderns - Toyomichi Kurita
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Sven Nykvist

[edit] Best Director

• Hairspray - John Waters
• Patti Rocks - David Burton Morris
• Stand and Deliver - Ramon Menendez
• Talk Radio - Oliver Stone
• The Thin Blue Line - Errol Morris

[edit] Best Feature

• Hairspray - Rachel Talalay
• Patti Rocks - Gregory Cummins, Gwen Field
• Stand and Deliver - Tom Musca
• The Thin Blue Line - Mark Lipson
• Torch Song Trilogy - Howard Gottfried

[edit] Best Female Lead

• Five corners - Jodie Foster
• Hairspray - Ricki Lake
• Mystic Pizza - Julia Roberts
• Promised Land - Meg Ryan
• The Wash - Nobu McCarthy

[edit] Best First Feature

• Border Radio - Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss
• Mystic Pizza - Donald Petrie
• Prince of Pennsylvania - Ron Nyswaner
• The Chocolate War - Keith Gordon
• The Wash - Michael Uno

[edit] Best Foreign Film

• A World Apart - Sarah Radclyffe, Chris Menges
• Bagdad Cafe - Percy Adlon, Eleonore Adlon
• Brightness - Soulemane Cisse
• The Kitchen Toto - Ann Skinner, Harry Hook
• Wings of Desire - Anatole Dauman, Wim Wenders

[edit] Best Male Lead

• Patti Rocks - Chris Mulkey
• Stand and Deliver - Edward James Olmos
• Talk Radio - Eric Bogosian
• The Boost - James Woods
• Torch Song Trilogy - Harvey Fierstein

[edit] Best Screenplay

• Five Corners - John Patrick Shanley
• Hairspray - John Waters
• Patti Rocks - John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris, Chris Mulkey
• Stand and Deliver - Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca
• The Moderns - Alan Rodolph, Jon Bradshaw

[edit] Best Supporting Female

• Hairspray - Debbie Harry
• Prince of Pennsylvania - Amy Madigan, Bonnie Bedelia
• Stand and Deliver - Rosanna De Soto
• The Wash - Patti Yasutake

[edit] Best Supporting Male

• Five Corners - John Turturro
• Hairspray - Divine
• Spike of Bensonhurst - Ernest Borgnine
• Stand and Deliver - Lou Diamond Phillips
• The Moderns - John Lone