Gotham Independent Film Awards 2001

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11th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
DateOctober 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
CountryUnited States
Presented by Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by Andy Dick
Highlights
Breakthrough Director Henry Bean The Believer
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Website https://gotham.ifp.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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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]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Breakthrough Actor

Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award)

Anthony Radziwell Documentary Achievement Award

Actor Award

Independent Vision Award

Career Tribute

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