Don Cheadle and Felicity Huffman just announced the 2007 Spirit Award nominees at a press conference. Nominees for "Best Feature" are American Gun, The Dead Girl, Half Nelson, Little Miss Sunshine and Pan's Labyrinth.

Other major nominations are:

BEST DIRECTOR

Robert Altman
A Prairie Home Companion

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Little Miss Sunshine

Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson

Karen Moncrieff
The Dead Girl

Steven Soderbergh
Bubble

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Shareeka Epps
Half Nelson

Catherine O’Hara
For Your Consideration

Elizabeth Reaser
Sweet Land

Michelle Williams
Land of Plenty

Robin Wright Penn
Sorry, Haters

BEST MALE LEAD

Aaron Eckhart
Thank You For Smoking

Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson

Edward Norton
The Painted Veil

Ahmad Razvi
Man Push Cart

Forest Whitaker
American Gun

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Melonie Diaz
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Marcia Gay Harden
American Gun

Mary Beth Hurt
The Dead Girl

Frances McDormand
Friends with Money

Amber Tamblyn
Stephanie Daley

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine

Raymond J. Barry
Steel City

Daniel Craig
Infamous

Paul Dano
Little Miss Sunshine

Channing Tatum
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

See all nominees at http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/nominees.php