Gotham Independent Film Awards 2001 Explained

11th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Host:	Andy Dick
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Independent Filmmaker Project
Award1 Type:	Breakthrough Director
Award1 Winner:	Henry Bean – The Believer John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Previous:	10th
Main:	Gotham Awards
Next:	12th

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]

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 –
  • 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

Notes and References

1. News: Ross . Matthew . Mitchell, Bean share nod . October 5, 2018 . Variety . October 1, 2001 . October 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006035025/https://variety.com/2001/film/news/mitchell-bean-share-nod-1117853459/ . live .
2. News: Shirkani . K.D. . IFP fingers 6 for Open Palm . October 8, 2018 . Variety . June 20, 2001 . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128153646/https://variety.com/2001/film/news/ifp-fingers-6-for-open-palm-1117801723/ . live .
3. News: Maynard . Kevin . IFP Actor Award: Uma Thurman . October 5, 2018 . Variety . September 27, 2001 . October 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000700/https://variety.com/2001/biz/news/ifp-actor-award-uma-thurman-1117853280/ . live .
4. Web site: 2001 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. November 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105605/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2001.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011). Gotham Independent Film Awards. February 20, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185708/http://gotham.ifp.org/support/Gotham_Recipients.pdf. March 4, 2016.
6. News: Bohlen. Celestine. William Nisselson, 56, Head of Post-Production Film Studio. February 20, 2017. The New York Times. June 27, 2001. May 25, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240525005502/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/27/arts/william-nisselson-56-head-of-post-production-film-studio.html. live.