Derek Luke Kimora Lee Attend 2011 Independent Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant And Nominee Brunch | PhotoBuzz

Derek Luke, Kimora Lee, and others enjoy the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant and Nominee Brunch on January 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced the winners of its four filmmaker grant awards at the Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant and Nominee Brunch held at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood. Sandra Oh and Terrence Howard hosted the casual event and handed out the honors.

Winners for the additional categories will be revealed at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica beach on Saturday, February 26, 2011. The ceremony will air exclusively on IFC at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, and as previously announced, actor and comedian Joel McHale will serve as host.

Mike Ott, director of LiTTLEROCK, received the seventeenth annual Acura Someone to Watch Award
Anish Savjani, producer of Meek’s Cutoff received the fourteenth annual Piaget Producers Award
Jeff Malmberg, director of Marwencol, received the sixteenth annual AVEENO® Truer Than Fiction Award
Marwencol received the inaugural Jameson FIND Your Audience Award, which makes it possible for one Spirit Award-nominated film to find a broader audience

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