6th Independent Spirit Awards

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The 6th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1990, were announced on March 23, 1991 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The nominations were announced on January 20, 1991. It was hosted by Buck Henry.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
The Grifters Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer The Plot Against Harry Pump Up the Volume To Sleep with Anger	Charles Burnett – To Sleep with Anger Reginald Hudlin – House Party John McNaughton – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Allan Moyle – Pump Up the Volume Michael Roemer – The Plot Against Harry
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Danny Glover – To Sleep with Anger Martin Priest – The Plot Against Harry Christopher Reid – House Party Michael Rooker – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Christian Slater – Pump Up the Volume	Anjelica Huston – The Grifters Mary Alice – To Sleep with Anger Eszter Balint – Bail Jumper Carolyn Farina – Metropolitan Joanne Woodward – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion Willem Dafoe – Wild at Heart Robin Harris – House Party Ben Lang – The Plot Against Harry Tom Towles – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	Sheryl Lee Ralph – To Sleep with Anger Tracy Arnold – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Ethel Ayler – To Sleep with Anger Tisha Campbell – House Party A.J. Johnson – House Party
Best Screenplay	Best First Feature
To Sleep with Anger – Charles Burnett Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – John McNaughton and Richard Fire Metropolitan – Whit Stillman The Plot Against Harry – Michael Roemer Pump Up the Volume – Allan Moyle	Metropolitan – Whit Stillman House Party – Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy – Tony Buba The Natural History of Parking Lots – Everett Lewis and Aziz Ghazal Twister – Michael Almereyda and Wieland Schulz-Keil
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Wild at Heart – Frederick Elmes House Party – Peter Deming King of New York – Bojan Bazelli Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive – Amir Mokri The Plot Against Harry – Robert M. Young	Sweetie • Australia Black Rain • Japan A City of Sadness • Taiwan The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover • France/Netherlands/UK Freeze, Die, Come to Life • Soviet Union

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
7	House Party
7	To Sleep with Anger
6	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
6	The Plot Against Harry
4	Pump Up the Volume
3	Metropolitan
2	The Grifters
2	Wild at Heart

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	To Sleep with Anger
2	The Grifters

Special awards

Friend of Independents Award

Eastman Kodak Co.
Sovereign Pictures, Inc.

John Cassavetes Award

Special Distinction Award

Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson – Dances with Wolves

References

^ Collins, Keith (February 25, 2005). "Independence days". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
^ Variety Staff (January 20, 1991). "'Sleep with Anger' Enjoys Indie Noms". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
^ Fox, David J. (March 25, 1991). "Prelude to the Oscars : Awards: The nominees and other party-goers had another race to contend with--going from a publicists' luncheon to a Scorsese tribute to the independent filmmakers awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 13, 2013.