13th Independent Spirit Awards

The 13th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1997, were announced on March 21, 1998. It was hosted by John Turturro.

Truer Than Fiction Award
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
 * Colors Straight Up
 * Family Name
 * Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
 * Soul in the Hole

Producers Award
Scott Macauley and Robin O'Hara – Habit
 * Margot Bridger – Arresting Gena & The Delta
 * Lisa Onodera – Picture Bride & Forbidden City U.S.A.
 * Richard Raddon – Shooting Lilly & The Making of '...And God Spoke'
 * Susan A. Stover – High Art & River of Grass

Someone to Watch Award
Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister
 * Erin Dignam – Loved
 * Tim Blake Nelson – Eye of God