8th Independent Spirit Awards

The 8th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1992, were announced on March 27, 1993.^[1][2][3][4] It was hosted by Buck Henry and was the first ceremony held under a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.^[5][6][7]

8th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 27, 1993
Site	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	The Player
Most awards	The Waterdance (2)
Most nominations	Gas Food Lodging (5) One False Move (5)
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Nominees and winners

Harvey Keitel, Best Male Lead winner

Fairuza Balk, Best Female Lead winner

Steve Buscemi, Best Supporting Male winner

Alfre Woodard, Best Supporting Female winner

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
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
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
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

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Gas Food Lodging
	One False Move
4	Laws of Gravity
	Swoon
	The Waterdance
3	Bad Lieutenant
	Reservoir Dogs
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

Awards	Film
2	The Waterdance