Amy Adams, Ethan Hawke & Oliver Stone Among Gotham Award Honorees

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s premier member organization of independent storytellers, announced that Ethan Hawke and Amy Adams will be presented with Actor and Actress Tributes, and Oliver Stone will receive the Director Tribute at the 2016 IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards set for Monday, November 28^th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

The Gotham Awards are considered the beginning of the film awards season, and have seen numerous Best Picture winners among their own roll of honour including Birdman and Spotlight.

“We are honored to have Amy Adams, Ethan Hawke, and Oliver Stone as our Actress, Actor, and Director Tribute honorees at this year’s Gotham Awards,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center. “Each with a remarkable body of work that continues to challenge, thrill, and inspire audiences, we are proud to celebrate their numerous artistic achievements and honor their contributions to the landscape of cinema with these Tributes.”

Ethan Hawke, Amy Adams, and Oliver Stone will join a prestigious group of previous honorees including: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Todd Haynes, Bennett Miller, Tilda Swinton, Ted Sarandos, Jeff Skoll, James Schamus, Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sheila Nevins, Jonathan Sehring, Roger Ebert, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Charlize Theron, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, David O. Russell, David Cronenberg, Mira Nair, Gus Van Sant, and many more.

The ten competitive Gotham Awards for 2016 include Best Feature,Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Documentary, Bingham RayBreakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Audience Award, Best Screenplay, Breakthrough Series – Short Form, and Breakthrough Series – Long Form. Submissions are now being accepted in eight of these competitive categories. Online applications, along with full criteria, are available at http://gotham.ifp.org. The deadline for submissions is September 15^th.

Nominees will be announced on October 20^th and winners will be honored at the star-studded ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on November 28^th.