6th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 23, 1991
Site	The Beverly Hilton Los Angeles, California U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	The Grifters
Most awards	To Sleep with Anger (4)
Most nominations	House Party (7) To Sleep with Anger (7)
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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. and 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

External links

Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Awards
Current categories	Best Film Best Director Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance Best Breakthrough Performance Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Documentary Feature Best First Feature Best International Film Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay Best New Scripted Series John Cassavetes Award Robert Altman Award
Retired categories	Best Male Lead Best Female Lead Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
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