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16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)
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Spirit Awards 2001 Winners & Nominees

The 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001) took place on March 24, 2001. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won Best Feature and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

All 13 categories Most wins
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nominations
64
films nominated
33
winners
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Best Feature
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 2001: The Winners

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Ang Lee (Best Director), Javier Bardem (Best Male Lead) and Ellen Burstyn (Best Female Lead) took the main individual prizes.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000 · Action, Adventure, Drama · $214M worldwide

3 wins from 3 nominations at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)

  • Best Director
  • Best Supporting Female

In ancient China, a renowned martial artist’s treasured sword, the Green Destiny, is stolen, setting off a sweeping quest to recover it. The theft embroils a master spy, a proud warrior, and a runaway noblewoman in a complex web of honor, duty, and forbidden romance. As the search progresses, long-held secrets are revealed, and the destinies of these individuals become inextricably linked within the opulent and enigmatic House of Yu.

About Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 2001: Which Films Won the Most

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won 3 awards from 3 nominations. 9 films won at least once, while George Washington went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) movie poster
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3 / 3
    2000 · Action, Adventure · 3 wins from 3 nominations
  2. Requiem for a Dream (2000) movie poster
    Requiem for a Dream 2 / 5
    2000 · Drama · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  3. You Can Count on Me (2000) movie poster
    You Can Count on Me 2 / 5
    2000 · Drama · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Before Night Falls (2000) movie poster
    Before Night Falls 1 / 4
    2000 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  5. Love & Basketball (2000) movie poster
    Love & Basketball 1 / 3
    2000 · Drama, Sport · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) movie poster
    Shadow of the Vampire 1 / 2
    2000 · Drama, Horror · 1 win from 2 nominations
  7. Girlfight (2000) movie poster
    Girlfight 1 / 2
    2000 · Drama, Sport · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. Dark Days (2000) movie poster
    Dark Days 1 / 1
    2000 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. Dancer in the Dark (2000) movie poster
    Dancer in the Dark 1 / 1
    2000 · Drama, Musical · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. George Washington (2000) movie poster
    George Washington 0 / 4
    2000 · Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
Full results

All 13 Spirit Awards 2001 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 64 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

13 categories · 64 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Spirit Awards 2001 Best Feature Marathon

All 5 Best Feature nominees at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001), back to back: 9 hours 20 minutes.

Total running time 9h 20m 9 hours 20 minutes All 5 films
Longest
Before Night Falls 2h 13m
Shortest
George Washington 1h 29m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 2001 Winners

Drama led with 57 nominations across 26 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 57 nominations · 21%
  2. Romance 4 wins · 9 nominations · 44%
  3. Thriller 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
  4. Biography 1 win · 6 nominations · 17%
  5. Comedy 0 wins · 6 nominations · 0%
  6. Sport 2 wins · 5 nominations · 40%
  7. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  8. War 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  9. Action 3 wins · 3 nominations · 100%
  10. Adventure 3 wins · 3 nominations · 100%
2001 season

How the Rest of the 2001 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 2001, with the winner of each top prize. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also won the top prize at one of them. Gladiator won the most of them: 4.

All 2001 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 2001: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won Best Feature. The other nominees were Before Night Falls, George Washington, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Requiem for a Dream.

About Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Which film won the most awards at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won the most: 3 awards from 3 nominations. Requiem for a Dream and You Can Count on Me followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)?

Requiem for a Dream (2000) and You Can Count on Me (2000) led with 5 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)?

Best Director: Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Best Male Lead: Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls. Best Female Lead: Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream. Best Supporting Male: Willem Dafoe for Shadow of the Vampire.

When was the 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001)?

The 16th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2001) took place on March 24, 2001. The database has 13 categories and 64 nominations for it.