Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director explained

Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director
Presenter:The Gotham Film & Media Institute
Country:United States
Year:Jennie Livingston for Paris Is Burning (1991)
Holder:Vera Drew for The People's Joker (2024)

The Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and honors feature film directorial debuts. Named after Bingham Ray since 2013,[1] [2] the breakthrough director award was first given in 1991 as the Open Palm Award, with Jennie Livingston being the first recipient of the award, for her work in Paris Is Burning. From 1991 to 1996 only the winner was announced, since 1997, a set of 5 to 6 nominees is presented annually.

Winners and nominees

1990s

YearDirector(s)Film
1991Jennie LivingstonParis Is Burning[3]
1992Tom KalinSwoon[4]
1993Leslie HarrisJust Another Girl on the I.R.T.[5]
1994Rose TrocheGo Fish[6]
1995Rebecca MillerAngela[7]
1996Lisa KruegerManny & Lo[8]
1997Macky AlstonFamily Name[9]
Hurricane Streets
John O'Hagan Wonderland
The Delta
Alex Sichel All Over Me
1998Darren AronofskyPi[10]
Lisa CholodenkoHigh Art
Smoke Signals
Buffalo '66
Gummo
1999David RikerThe City[11]
Dear Jesse
Judy Berlin
Twin Falls Idaho
Joe the King

2000s

YearDirector(s)Film
2000Karyn KusamaGirlfight[12]
On the Run
Myles Connell The Opportunists
Spring Forward
You Can Count on Me
2001Henry BeanThe Believer[13]
John Cameron MitchellHedwig and the Angry Inch
L.I.E.
The Doe Boy
Wet Hot American Summer
2002Eric EasonManito[14]
Face
Chelsea Walls
The Laramie Project
Peter Mattei Love in the Time of Money
Just a Kiss
2003Shari Springer Berman and Robert PulciniAmerican Splendor[15]
Washington Heights
Pieces of April
Roger Dodger
The Station Agent
Raising Victor Vargas
2004Joshua MarstonMaria Full of Grace[16]
Brother to Brother
Down to the Bone
The Woodsman
Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik On the Outs
2005Bennett MillerCapote[17]
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Junebug
The Talent Given Us
Saving Face
2006Ryan FleckHalf Nelson[18]
Man Push Cart
Sherrybaby
In Between Days
The King
2007Craig ZobelGreat World of Sound[19]
Munyurangabo
Owl and the Sparrow
Day Night Day Night
Seraphim Falls
2008Lance HammerBallast[20]
Afterschool
Dennis Dortch A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy
Medicine for Melancholy
Sleep Dealer
2009Robert D. SiegelBig Fan[21]
Cruz Angeles Don't Let Me Drown
Frazer Bradshaw Everything Strange and New
The Missing Person
Lymelife

2010s

YearDirector(s)Film
2010Kevin AschHoly Rollers[22]
Tiny Furniture
I Love You Phillip Morris
Night Catches Us
The Company Men
2011Dee ReesPariah[23]
Another Earth
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Higher Ground
Bellflower
2012Benh ZeitlinBeasts of the Southern Wild[24]
[25]
Sound of My Voice
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky Francine
Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin Now, Forager
Aquí y allá
2013Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station[26]
Gimme the Loot
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Sun Don't Shine
2014Ana Lily Amirpour A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night[27]
Coherence
Nightcrawler
It Felt Like Love
Dear White People
2015Jonas Carpignano Mediterranea[28]
Appropriate Behavior
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Mend
James White
2016Trey Edward Shults Krisha[29]
The Witch
The Fits
Swiss Army Man
Southside with You
2017Jordan Peele Get Out[30]
Novitiate
Lady Bird
Columbus
Menashe
2018Bo Burnham Eighth Grade[31]
Hereditary
The Tale
Skate Kitchen
Sorry to Bother You
2019Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre The Mustang[32]
Diane
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Booksmart
Burning Cane

2020s

YearDirector(s)Film
2020Andrew Patterson The Vast of Night[33]
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Miss Juneteenth
Carlo Mirabella-Davis Swallow
Alex Thompson Saint Frances
2021Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter[34] [35]
Test Pattern
Passing
Edson Oda Nine Days
Shiva Baby
2022Charlotte Wells Aftersun[36]
The Inspection
Soft & Quiet
Funny Pages
Murina
We're All Going to the World's Fair
2023A. V. Rockwell A Thousand and One[37]
Raven Jackson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Georgia Oakley Blue Jean
Past Lives
2024Vera Drew The People's Joker[38]
Good One
To a Land Unknown
In the Summers
Girls Will Be Girls

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IFP's 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Ceremony to Take Place on Monday December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City . Independent Filmmaker Project . October 7, 2018 . July 31, 2013 . The Breakthrough Director Award, given for the best first feature, has been renamed in honor of Bingham Ray, the late distribution executive..
  2. News: Cox . Gordon . Gotham Awards Set 2013 Dates, New Categories . October 7, 2018 . Variety . July 31, 2013.
  3. Web site: 1991 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325063308/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1991.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: 1992 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325064205/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1992.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: 1993 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325114630/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1993.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: 1994 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325053616/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1994.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: 1995 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921141533/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1995.html. September 21, 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: 1996 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325123611/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1996.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: 1997 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325061150/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1997.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: 1998 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105527/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1998.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  11. Web site: 1999 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010611/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1999.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  12. Web site: 2000 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010534/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2000.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  13. Web site: 2001 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105605/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2001.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  14. Web site: 2002 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010307/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2002.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  15. Web site: 2003 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221005716/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2003.html. February 21, 2017. dead.
  16. Web site: 2004 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219132210/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2004.html. February 19, 2017. dead.
  17. Web site: 2005 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219125955/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2005.html. February 19, 2017. dead.
  18. Web site: 2006 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219100430/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2006.html. February 19, 2017. dead.
  19. Web site: 2007 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802160948/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2007.html. August 2, 2016.
  20. Web site: 2008 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219095551/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2008.html. February 19, 2017. dead.
  21. Web site: 2009 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505004648/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2009.html. May 5, 2016. dead.
  22. Web site: 2010 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219094437/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2010.html. February 19, 2017. dead.
  23. Web site: 2011 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. October 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325145754/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/index.html. March 25, 2016. dead.
  24. News: Zakarin. Jordan. Gotham Awards: Moonrise Kingdom Wins Best Feature. October 7, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. November 26, 2012.
  25. Web site: Peter. Knegt. Gotham Awards Announce 2012 Nominations. October 18, 2012. IndieWire. October 7, 2018.
  26. News: Inside Llewyn Davis Tops Gotham Awards. October 7, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2013.
  27. News: 2014 Gotham Awards: Complete Winners List. October 7, 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. December 1, 2014.
  28. News: Cox. Gordon. Spotlight Wins Big at 2015 Gotham Awards (Full List). October 7, 2018. Variety. November 30, 2015.
  29. Web site: Erbland. Kate. Gotham Awards 2016: Complete Winners List. IndieWire. October 7, 2018. November 28, 2016.
  30. Web site: Erbland. Kate. Gotham Awards 2017: Complete Winners List. IndieWire. October 7, 2018. November 27, 2017.
  31. News: Wagmeister . Elizabeth . Gotham Awards: A24 Sweeps with Five Wins, Including First Reformed, Eighth Grade (Full Winners List) . November 27, 2018 . . November 26, 2018.
  32. News: Marriage Story Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List . December 3, 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter . December 2, 2019.
  33. News: Lewis . Hilary . Gotham Awards: Nomadland Wins Best Feature, Audience Award . January 11, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . January 11, 2021.
  34. News: Lattanzio . Ryan . Gotham Awards: The Lost Daughter Wins Top Prize — See the Full List of Winners . November 30, 2021 . IndieWire . November 30, 2021.
  35. News: Lewis . Hilary . Gotham Awards: The Lost Daughter, Passing Lead Nominations . October 21, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . October 21, 2021.
  36. News: Lewis . Hilary . Everything Everywhere All at Once Tops Gotham Awards; Full Winners List . November 29, 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter . November 28, 2022.
  37. News: Lewis . Hilary . Chuba . Kirsten . 2023 Gotham Awards: Past Lives Wins Best Feature . November 29, 2023 . The Hollywood Reporter . November 27, 2023.
  38. News: Lewis . Hilary . Chuba . Kirsten . 2024 Gotham Awards: A Different Man Wins Best Feature as Nickel Boys, Sing Sing Each Take Two . December 3, 2024 . . December 2, 2024.

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