1999 Sundance Award Winners
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | Forty Shades of Blue |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Why We Fight |
| World Cinema Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | The Hero (Angola/Portugal/France) |
| World Cinema Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Shape of the Moon (Netherlands) |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Hustle & Flow |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | Murderball |
| World Cinema Audience Award: | Brothers (Denmark) |
| World Cinema Documentary Audience Award: | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (Canada) |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Noam Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Jeff Feuerzeig, The Devil and Daniel Johnson |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Amelia Vincent, Hustle & Flow |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Gary Griffin, The Education of Shelby Knox |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Noam Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale |
| Special Jury Prize for Documentary: | Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval, Farmingville |
| World Cinema Special Dramatic Jury Prizes: | The Forest for the Trees (Germany) and Live-in Maid (Argentina/Spain) |
| World Cinema Special Documentary Jury Prizes: | The Liberace of Baghdad (United Kingdom) and Wall (France/Israel) |
| Special Jury Prizes for Outstanding Performance: | Amy Adams, Junebug and Lou Pucci, Thumbsucker |
| Special Jury Prizes for Originality of Vision: | Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know and Rian Johnson, Brick |
| Jury Prize for International Short Filmmaking: | Andrea Arnold, Wasp (United Kingdom) |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Patricia Riggen, Family Portrait |
| Special Recognition in Short Filmmaking: | Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard, Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Eric Escobar, One Weekend a Month |
| Chris Landreth, Ryan (Canada) | |
| Katherine Leggett, Small Town Secrets | |
| Taika Waititi, Tama Tu (New Zealand) | |
| Cary Fukunaga, Victoria Para Chino | |
| Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: | Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man |
2004 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | Primer |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | DIG! |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Maria Full of Grace |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | Born into Brothels |
| World Cinema Audience Award: | Seducing Doctor Lewis (Canada) |
| World Cinema Documentary Audience Award: | The Corporation |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Debra Granik, Down to the Bone |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Nancy Schreiber, November |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Ferne Pearlstein, Imelda |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Kim Dong-won, Repatriation |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Larry Gross, We Don't Live Here Anymore |
| Special Jury Prize for Documentary: | Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval, Farmingville |
| Special Dramatic Jury Prize: | Rodney Evans, Brother to Brother |
| Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance: | Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone |
| Jury Prize for International Short Filmmaking: | Paul Catling, Tomo |
| Jury Prizes in Short Filmmaking: | Shilpi Gupta, When the Storm Came and Ryan Fleck, Gowanus Brooklyn |
| Jury Prize for International Short Filmmaking: | Paul Catling, Tomo |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Jacob Akira Okada, Curtis |
| Adam Elliot, Harvie Krumpet | |
| David LaChapelle, Krumped | |
| Nicholas Provost, Papillon d'Amour | |
| Larry Kennar, Spokane | |
| Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: | Shane Carruth, Primer |
2003 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | American Splendor |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Capturing the Friedmans |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | The Station Agent |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | My Flesh and Blood |
| World Cinema Audience Award: | Whale Rider (New Zealand) |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Catherine Hardwicke, Thirteen |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Jonathan Karsh, My Flesh and Blood |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Derek Cianfrance, Quattro Noza |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, and Peter Gilbert, Stevie |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Judith Katz, What I Want My Words to Do to You |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent |
| Special Jury Prize for Documentary (tie): | Stanley Nelson, The Murder of Emmett Till |
| Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock, A Certain Kind of Death | |
| Special Jury Prizes for Outstanding Performance: | Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent, Pieces of April, and All the Real Girls |
| Charles Busch, Die Mommie Die | |
| Special Jury Prizes for Emotional Truth: | David Gordon Green, All the Real Girls |
| A. Dean Bell, What Alice Found | |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Stefan Nadelman, Terminal Bar |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Vance Malone, Ocularist |
| James Brett, Earthquake | |
| David Russo, Pan with Us | |
| Sandy McLeo and Gini Reticker, Asylum | |
| Francesca Talenti, The Planets | |
| Aristomenis Tsirbas, The Freak | |
| Vince Di Meglio, Fits & Starts | |
| Serguei Bassine, From the 104th Floor | |
| Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: | Mark Decena, Dopamine |
2002 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | Personal Velocity |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Daughter from Danang |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Real Women Have Curves |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony |
| World Cinema Audience Award (tie): | Bloody Sunday (UK/Ireland) |
| The Last Kiss (Italy) | |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Gary Winick, Tadpole |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa, Sister Helen |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Ellen Kuras, Personal Velocity |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Daniel B. Gold, Blue Vinyl |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Lee Hirschj Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Gordy Hoffman, Love Liza |
| Special Jury Prize for Documentary (tie): | Lourdes Portillo, Senorita Extraviada |
| John Walter, How to Draw a Bunny | |
| Special Jury Prize for Originality—Dramatic: | Steven Shainberg, Secretary |
| Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast—Dramatic: | Manito |
| Special Jury Prize for Acting: | America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiverosk, Real Women Have Curves |
| Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema: | The Trespasser (Brazil) |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Dave Silver, Gasline |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Dayyan Eng, Bus 44 |
| Gregory Kennedy, Drowning Lessons | |
| Brin Hill, Morning Breath | |
| Melissa Regan, No Dumb Questions | |
| Geoffrey Haley, The Parlor | |
| Jamie Babbitt, Stuck |
2001 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | The Believer |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Southern Comfort |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Audience Award—Documentary (tie): | Scout's Honor |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | |
| World Cinema Audience Award: | The Road Home (China) |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Stacy Peralta, Dogtown and Z-Boys |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Christopher Nolan, Memento |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Giles Nuttgens, The Deep End |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Albert Maysles, LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton |
| Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performances: | Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom |
| Special Jury Prize for Artistic Achievement in Documentary: | Edet Belzberg, Children Underground |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Tom Shepard, Scout’s Honor |
| Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema (tie): | Possible Loves (Brazil) |
| Without a Trace (Mexico) | |
| Special Jury Mention in Latin American Cinema: | Coffin Joe: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins (Brazil) |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Paul Harrill, Gina, an Actress, Age 29 |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Daniel Loflin, Delusions in Modern Primitivism |
| Dean Kapsalis, Jigsaw Venus | |
| Jonah Hall, Metropopular | |
| Anthony Dominici, Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix | |
| Christian Bruno and Sam Green, Pie Fight ’69 | |
| Elyse Couvillion, Sweet | |
| David Kartch, Zen and the Art of Landscaping |
2000 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition (tie): | Girlfight |
| You Can Count on Me | |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | Long Night's Journey into Day |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Two Family House |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | Dark Days |
| World Cinema Audience Award: | Saving Grace (Great Britain) |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Karyn Kusama, Girlfight |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Paragraph 175 |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: | Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Tom Krueger, Committed |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary (tie): | Andrew Young, Americanos: Latino Life in the United States |
| Marc Singer, Dark Days | |
| Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Performance: | Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Gregory Cook, Iris Dement, Songcatcher |
| Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance: | Donal Logue, The Tao of Steve |
| Special Jury Prize for Artistic Achievement in Documentary: | Aiyana Elliott, The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack |
| Special Jury Prize for Writing for Documentary: | Daniel McCabe, Paul Stekler, and Steve Fayer, George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Marc Singer, Dark Days |
| Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema (tie): | Herod's Law (Mexico) |
| No One Writes to the Colonel (Mexico) | |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Peter Sollett, Five Feet High and Rising |
| Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking: | Rolf Gibbs, G |
| Jonathan Bekemeier, Titler | |
| Reynold Reynolds and Patrick Jolley, The Drowning Room | |
| Hope Hall, This Is for Betsy Hall | |
| Alexandra Kondracke, Ice Fishing | |
| Jennifer Todd Reeves and M. M. Serra, Darling International | |
| Jodi Gibson, Friday | |
| Bradley Rust Gray, hITCH | |
| Jim Trainor, The Bats |
1999 Sundance Award Winners
| Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: | Three Seasons |
| Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: | American Movie |
| Audience Award—Dramatic: | Three Seasons |
| Audience Award—Documentary: | Genghis Blues |
| World Cinema Audience Award (tie): | Run Lola Run (Germany) |
| Train of Life (France) | |
| Filmmakers Trophy—Dramatic: | Tumbleweeds |
| Filmmakers Trophy—Documentary: | Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle |
| Directing Award—Dramatic: | Eric Mendelsohn, Judy Berlin |
| Directing Award—Documentary: | Barbara Sonneborn, Regret to Inform |
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (tie): | Audrey Wells, Guinevere |
| Frank Whaley, Joe the King | |
| Cinematography Award—Dramatic: | Lisa Rinzler, Three Seasons |
| Cinematography Award—Documentary: | Emiko Omori, Rabbit in the Moon and Regret to Inform |
| Special Jury Prize for Comedic Performance: | Steve Zahn, Happy, Texas |
| Special Jury Prize for Distinctive Vision in Filmmaking: | Scott King, director, Treasure Island |
| Special Jury Prize for Documentary: | Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgan, On the Ropes |
| Freedom of Expression Award: | Stanley Nelson's The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords |
| Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema: | Santitos (Mexico) |
| Special Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema: | Life Is to Whistle (Cuba) |
| Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: | Mark Osborne's More |
| Special Jury Award in Short Filmmaking: | Michael Burke's Fishbelly White |
| Honorable Mentions: | James Cox's Atomic Tabasco |
| Nicole Cattell's Come Unto Me: The Faces of Tyree Guyton | |
| Jarl Olsen's Devil Dog/Ring Pull | |
| Corky Quakenbush's A Pack of Gifts, Now | |
| Philip Holahan's Stubble Trouble |
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