Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014

The 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held on December 1, 2014. The nominees were announced on October 23, 2014.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Birdman

• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Love Is Strange
• Under the Skin

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

• Actress
• Life Itself
• Manakamana
• Point and Shoot

Best Actor

Michael Keaton – Birdman

• Bill Hader – The Skeleton Twins
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year
• Miles Teller – Whiplash

Note: The Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher.

Best Actress

Julianne Moore – Still Alice

• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Beyond the Lights
• Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
• Mia Wasikowska – Tracks

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director

Ana Lily Amirpour – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

• James Ward Byrkit – Coherence
• Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
• Eliza Hittman – It Felt Like Love
• Justin Simien – Dear White People

Breakthrough Actor

Tessa Thompson – Dear White People

• Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler
• Macon Blair – Blue Ruin
• Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
• Joey King – Wish I Was Here
• Jenny Slate – Obvious Child

Audience Award

Boyhood

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me

• Garrett Bradley – Below Dreams
• Claire Carré – Embers

Gotham Tributes

• Tilda Swinton
• Bennett Miller
• Ted Sarandos

References

1. "2014 Gotham Award Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
2. "'Boyhood' Leads Gotham Award Nominations, Oscar Isaac Gets Best Actor Nod For 'A Most Violent Year'". Indiewire. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.