Gotham Independent Film Awards 2001

The 11th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on October 1, 2001 and were hosted by Andy Dick.[1][2] At the ceremony, Robert De Niro was honored with a Career Tribute, Edet Belzberg received the Anthony Radziwell Documentary Achievement Award and Uma Thurman was awarded the Actor Award.[3][4][5] For the first and only time an Independent Vision Award was given out in memory of William J. Nisselson, longtime manager of the post-production studio Sound One Studios in New York who died in 2001 at the age of 56.[6]

11th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
DateOctober 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
CountryUnited States
Presented byIndependent Filmmaker Project
Hosted byAndy Dick
Highlights
Breakthrough Director:Henry Bean – The Believer
John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Winners and nominees

Breakthrough Actor

Yolonda Ross – Stranger Inside

Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award)

Henry Bean – The Believer (TIE)
John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch (TIE)

Anthony Radziwell Documentary Achievement Award

Edet Belzberg for Children Underground

Actor Award

Uma Thurman

Independent Vision Award

In Memory of William J. Nisselson

Career Tribute

Robert De Niro

References
  1. Ross, Matthew (October 1, 2001). "Mitchell, Bean share nod". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  2. Shirkani, K.D. (June 20, 2001). "IFP fingers 6 for Open Palm". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. Maynard, Kevin (September 27, 2001). "IFP Actor Award: Uma Thurman". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  4. "2001 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  5. "Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011)" (PDF). Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  6. Bohlen, Celestine (June 27, 2001). "William Nisselson, 56, Head of Post-Production Film Studio". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
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