| Gotham Awards | |
| Current Awards: | Gotham Independent Film Awards 2023 |
| Awarded For: | Independent film and television |
| Presenter: | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
| Location: | New York City |
| Country: | United States |
The Gotham Awards are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of Salmagundi, published on November 11, 1807.[1] Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States.[2]
In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating in Los Angeles, California, and international locations as well.
Having outgrown its previous locations in the city's Manhattan borough, for the first time in its history, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards gala occurred outside of that borough, in the city's Brooklyn borough at Steiner Studios, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on November 27, 2007, and it was "promoted nationally via a partnership with The New York Times and locally via broadcast on WNYE".[1] [2] [3]
From 1991 to 2002, the Tribute Award, also called Career Tribute, was awarded as a Lifetime Achievement Award to one person each year and the individual achievement awards (Filmmaker Award, Writer Award, Actor Award, Below-the-Line Award, Producer/Industry Executive Award and Independent Vision Award) were given out separately. As of the 2003 Gotham Awards, the IFP replaced all mentioned individual category awards with Career Tributes.[4]
| width=4% | Edition | Date | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 30, 1991 | Charles Grodin | |
| 2nd | 1992 | ||
| 3rd | September 28, 1993 | Eric Bogosian | |
| 4th | September 20, 1994 | ||
| 5th | September 19, 1995 | Michael Moore | |
| 6th | September 17, 1996 | ||
| 7th | September 16, 1997 | Jon Stewart | |
| 8th | September 23, 1998 | Stanley Tucci | |
| 9th | September 22, 1999 | Sandra Bernhard | |
| 10th | September 20, 2000 | Jason Alexander | |
| 11th | October 1, 2001 | Andy Dick | |
| 12th | September 26, 2002 | Rosie Perez and John Turturro | |
| 13th | September 22, 2003 | Michael Ian Black | |
| 14th | December 1, 2004 | Bob Balaban | |
| 15th | November 30, 2005 | Kyra Sedgwick | |
| 16th | November 29, 2006 | David Cross | |
| 17th | November 27, 2007 | Sarah Jones | |
| 18th | December 2, 2008 | Aasif Mandvi | |
| 19th | November 30, 2009 | Kumail Nanjiani | |
| 20th | November 29, 2010 | Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci | |
| 21st | November 28, 2011 | Edie Falco and Oliver Platt | |
| 22nd | November 26, 2012 | Mike Birbiglia | |
| 23rd | December 2, 2013 | Nick Kroll | |
| 24th | December 1, 2014 | Uma Thurman | |
| 25th | November 30, 2015 | Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer | |
| 26th | November 28, 2016 | Keegan-Michael Key | |
| 27th | November 27, 2017 | John Cameron Mitchell | |
| 28th | November 26, 2018 | No host | |
| 29th | December 2, 2019 | No host | |
| 30th | January 11, 2021 | No host | |
| 31st | November 29, 2021 | No host | |
| 32nd | November 28, 2022 | No host | |
| 33rd | November 27, 2023 | No host | |
| 34th | December 2, 2024[5] | TBD |
| Gotham TV Awards | |
| Current Awards: | 1st Gotham TV Awards |
| Awarded For: | Television series and performances |
| Presenter: | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
| Location: | New York City |
| Country: | United States |
In April 2024, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that television series and performances will be honored at a separate ceremony going forward with the first edition of the Gotham TV Awards taking place on June 4, 2024.[6] [7] In previous years, television categories had been part of the main awards ceremony, where two television awards for new series were presented for the first time in 2015.[8] In 2021, two further awards, one for performance and one for non-fiction television, were introduced.[9] [10] Out of the eight categories to be presented at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards only the award for Breakthrough Nonfiction Series had been given out before (in 2021 and 2022); the three other awards for series, the three awards for outstanding performances and the audience award for television were newly created.
| width=2% | Edition | Date | Host(s) |
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| 1st | June 4, 2024 | No host | |
| 2nd | June 2, 2025 | TBD |