The Spirit Awards Nominating Committee is composed of three subcommittees: American Narrative, Foreign Film, and Documentary Film.

The 15-person American Narrative Nominating Committee included : Committee Chair, producer Gail Mutrux; producers, Stephanie Allain, Lianne
Halfon, and Michael Nozik; writer/directors Michael Cuesta, Mora Stephens; producer/director Lee Daniels; actors Kathy Baker, Andre Royo, Kerry Washington; casting director Deborah Aquila; cinematographer Mott Hupfel; film programmer (Outfest) Alonso Duralde; Film Independent Executive
Director Dawn Hudson; and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan.

The 8-person Documentary Feature Nominating Committee included Committee Chair, Film marketing veteran Laura Kim; filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Jessica Yu; filmmaker/professor Gyula Gazdag; director/producer Jeffrey Friedman; documentary programmer Thom Powers; former Newsweek movie critic David Ansen, and Indiewire.com editor Eugene Hernandez.

The 7-person Foreign Feature Nominating Committee included Committee Chair, President,
Creative Affairs of Kimmel International, Bingham Ray; director, Carlos Bolado; writer/directors Neil LaBute and Ramin Bahrani; actor/producer/director Gael Garcia Bernal; U.S. editor of Screen
International Mike Goodridge; talent manager Marie-Therese Guirgis; and Boston Globe Film Critic Wesley Morris.
Source(s):
http://www.filmindependent.org/files/2009_SA_Noms_Release_120308.pdf

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