Awards/Nominations for 2005 Spirit Awards View for other years: 2005 2008 2007 2006 2003

Best Picture Win: Brokeback Mountain Runner-Up: Capote Runner-Up: Good Night, and Good Luck Runner-Up: The Squid and the Whale Runner-Up: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Best Director Win: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Runner-Up: George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Runner-Up: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin Runner-Up: Rodrigo Garcia, Nine Lives Runner-Up: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale Best Actor Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Runner-Up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Runner-Up: David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck Runner-Up: Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow Runner-Up: Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale Best Actress Win: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica Runner-Up: Dina Korzun, Forty Shades of Blue Runner-Up: S. Epatha Merkerson, Lackawanna Blues Runner-Up: Cyndi Williams, Room Runner-Up: Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale Best Supporting Actor Win: Matt Dillon, Crash Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers Runner-Up: Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale Runner-Up: Barry Pepper, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Runner-Up: Firdous Bamji, The War Within Best Supporting Actress Win: Amy Adams, Junebug Runner-Up: Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain Runner-Up: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings Runner-Up: Robin Wright Penn, Nine Lives Runner-Up: Allison Janney, Our Very Own Best First Screenplay Win: Duncan Tucker, Transamerica Runner-Up: Kenneth Hanes, Fixing Frank Runner-Up: Angus McLachlan, Junebug Runner-Up: Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know Runner-Up: Sabrina Murray, The Beautiful Country Best Screenplay Win: Dan Futterman, Capote Runner-Up: Rodrigo Garcia, Nine Lives Runner-Up: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale Runner-Up: Guillermo Arriaga, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Runner-Up: Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn , The War Within Best Documentary Win: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Runner-Up: Grizzly Man Runner-Up: La Sierra Runner-Up: Romantico Runner-Up: Sir! No Sir! Best First Feature Win: Crash Runner-Up: Lackawanna Blues Runner-Up: Me and You and Everyone We Know Runner-Up: Thumbsucker Runner-Up: Transamerica Best Foreign Language Film Win: Paradise Now Runner-Up: Duck Season Runner-Up: Head-On Runner-Up: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Runner-Up: Tony Takitani

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