8th Independent Spirit Awards

{{Infobox film awards

|number=8

|award=Independent Spirit Awards

|date=March 27, 1993

|site=Santa Monica, California, U.S.

|host=Buck Henry

|best_film=The Player

|most_wins=The Waterdance (2)

|most_nominations=Gas Food Lodging (5)
One False Move (5)

|last=7th

|next=9th

}}

The 8th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1992, were announced on March 27, 1993.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/spirited-show-for-new-line-103079/|title=Spirited show for New Line|date=1993-01-18|work=Variety|access-date=2023-05-11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-19-ca-1594-story.html|title='Lodging,' 'False Move' Top Independent Nominees|date=1993-01-19|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2012-08-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-26-ca-15439-story.html|title=An Irreverent Celebration of the Independent Spirit|date=1993-03-26|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2012-08-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-29-ca-16653-story.html|title=Independent Spirit Awards Lives Up to Its Name|date=1993-03-29|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2012-08-15}} It was hosted by Buck Henry and was the first ceremony held under a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/independence-days-1117918523/|title=Independence days|date=2005-02-24|work=Variety|access-date=2014-03-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-29-ca-16653-story.html|title=Independent Spirit Awards Lives Up to Its Name : Movies: Irreverent, annual alternative awards program names 'The Player' as best of 1992.|date=1993-03-29|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/history/ |title=History |website=Film Independent}}

Nominees and winners

File:Harvey Keitel VF 2012 Shankbone.JPG, Best Male Lead winner]]

File:Fairuza Balk (2019 crop).jpg, Best Female Lead winner]]

File:Ed Renehan and Steve Buscemi (cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Male winner]]

File:Alfre Woodard 12 Years a Slave 60.jpg, Best Supporting Female winner]]

Best Male Lead !Best Female Lead
class="wikitable" !Best Feature !Best Director
*The Player* Bad Lieutenant Gas Food Lodging Mississippi Masala One False Move \|Carl Franklin – One False Move Allison Anders – Gas Food Lodging Abel Ferrara – Bad Lieutenant Tom Kalin – Swoon Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs
Harvey Keitel – Bad Lieutenant Craig Chester – Swoon Laurence Fishburne – Deep Cover Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead \|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 !Best Supporting Female
Steve Buscemi – Reservoir Dogs William Forsythe – The Waterdance Jeff Goldblum – Deep Cover Wesley Snipes – The Waterdance David Strathairn – Passion Fish \|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 !Best First Feature
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 \|The Waterdance – Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg Laws of Gravity My New Gun Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino Swoon
Best Cinematography !Best Original Score
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 \|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
colspan="2" \|Best International Film
colspan="2" \|The Crying Game • UK Close to Eden • Soviet Union Danzón • Mexico/Spain Howards End • UK Raise the Red Lantern • China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

= Films that received multiple nominations =

class="wikitable"

!Nominations

!Film

rowspan="2" |5

|Gas Food Lodging

One False Move

rowspan= "3" |4

|Laws of Gravity

Swoon

The Waterdance

rowspan="2" |3

|Bad Lieutenant

Reservoir Dogs

rowspan="6" |2

|All the Vermeers in New York

Deep Cover

Light Sleeper

Passion Fish

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Zebrahead

= Films that won multiple awards =

class="wikitable"

!Awards

!Film

|The Waterdance

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000349/1993 1992 Spirit Awards at IMDb]

1992

Independent Spirit Awards