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9th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22)
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	Sandra Bernhard
Highlights
Breakthrough Director	David Riker – The City
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org
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The 9th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on September 22, 1999 and were hosted by Sandra Bernhard. At the ceremony, Meryl Streep was honored with a Career Tribute, composer Carter Burwell received the Below-the-Line Award and independent film producer Christine Vachon was awarded the Producer/Industry Executive Award.

Winners and nominees

Breakthrough Actor

• Dylan Baker – Happiness (TIE)
• Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds (TIE)

Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award)

• David Riker – The City
  • Tim Kirkman – Dear Jesse
  • Eric Mendelsohn – Judy Berlin
  • Mark Polish and Michael Polish – Twin Falls Idaho
  • Frank Whaley – Joe the King

Classical Film Tribute

• Klute

Below-the-Line Award

• Carter Burwell

Producer/Industry Executive Award

• Christine Vachon

Career Tribute

• Meryl Streep

References

1. Roman, Monica (March 15, 1999). "IFP will honor Streep". Variety. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. Jones, Oliver (June 2, 1999). "Vachon, Burwell to Pier at Gotham Kudos in Sept". Variety. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
3. "1999 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
4. "Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011)" (PDF). Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017.

External links

• Official website

• Gotham Awards
• 1999 film awards