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11th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
Country	United 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
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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. 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. 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.

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)
  • Michael Cuesta – L.I.E.
  • Daniel Minahan – Series 7: The Contenders
  • Randy Redroad – The Doe Boy
  • David Wain – Wet Hot American Summer

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. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
2. Shirkani, K.D. (June 20, 2001). "IFP fingers 6 for Open Palm". Variety. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
3. Maynard, Kevin (September 27, 2001). "IFP Actor Award: Uma Thurman". Variety. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. 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. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2017.

External links

• Official website

• Gotham Awards
• 2001 film awards