16th Independent Spirit Awards

The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2000, were announced on March 24, 2001. It was hosted by John Waters.

Special awards
John Cassavetes Award

Chuck & Buck


 * Bunny
 * Everything Put Together
 * Groove
 * Our Song

 Truer Than Fiction Award 

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
 * Benjamin Smoke
 * Just, Melvin: Just Evil
 * Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

 Producers Award 

Paul Mezey – The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack and Spring Forward
 * Jim McKay – American Movie and Our Song
 * Tim Perell – Louis & Frank and The Myth of Fingerprints
 * Diana E. Williams – The Love Machine and Our Song

 Someone to Watch Award 

Marc Forster – Everything Put Together
 * Dan McCormack – Other Voices
 * Mia Trachinger – Bunny