15th Gotham Awards – 2005
The 15th Gotham Award winners were announced on Nov. 30, 2005. The awards ceremony was hosted by actress Kyra Sedgwick.
Gotham Awards 2005 Winners – Article
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Directed by Ang Lee / Written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana / Produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus
* CAPOTE – Directed by Bennett Miller / Written by Dan Futterman / Produced by Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE – Directed by David Cronenberg / Written by Josh Olson / Produced by Chris Bender and JC Spink
KEANE – Written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan / Produced by Andrew Fierberg
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW – Written and directed by Miranda July / Produced by Gina Kwon
Best Documentary
BALLETS RUSSES – Directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller / Written by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Gary Weimberg and Celeste Schaefer Snyder / Produced by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Robert Hawk and Douglas Blair Turnbaugh
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM – Written and directed by Alex Gibney / Produced by Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot and Susan Motamed
GRIZZLY MAN – Directed by Werner Herzog / Produced by Erik Nelson
* MURDERBALL – Directed by Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro / Produced by Jeffrey Mandel and Dana Adam Shapiro
WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD – Directed by Michael Almereyda / Produced by Michael Almereyda, Jesse Dylan and Anthony Katagas
Breakthrough Director
Miranda July for ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
* Bennett Miller for CAPOTE
Phil Morrison for JUNEBUG
Andrew Wagner for THE TALENT GIVEN US
Alice Wu for SAVING FACE
Best Ensemble Cast
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini, Randy Quaid, Anna Faris
CRASH – Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Dashon Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Nona Gaye, Michael Pena
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella
NINE LIVES – Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close. Stephen Dillane, Dakota Fanning, William Fichtner, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Holly Hunter, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Mary Kay Place, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Aidan Quinn, Miguel Sandoval, Amanda Seyfried, Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn
* THE SQUID AND THE WHALE – Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin
Breakthrough Actor
* Amy Adams as "Ashley" in JUNEBUG
Camilla Belle as "Rose Slavin" in THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as "Neil" in MYSTERIOUS SKIN
Terrence Howard as "DJay" in HUSTLE & FLOW
Damian Lewis as "William Keane" in KEANE
Tributes
Matt Dillon and Jim Jarmusch
"Celebrate New York" Award
MAD HOT BALLROOM
"Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You" Award
I AM A SEX ADDICT
Nominating Committee for Best Feature and Breakthrough Director
Karen Durbin, Film Critic, Elle magazine
Rajendra Roy, Director of Programming, Hamptons International Film Festival and Competition Selection Committee Member, Berlin International Film Festival
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Film Critic, Entertainment Weekly
Peter Travers, Film Critic, Rolling Stone
Nominating Committee for Best Documentary
Scott Foundas, Film Editor and Critic, LA Weekly
Diana Lee, Festival Director, Asian American International Film Festival
David Schwartz, Chief Curator, Museum of the Moving Image Milton Tabbot, Managing Director of Documentary Funding Programs and Screening Series, IFP
Nominating Committee for Breakthrough Actor and Best Ensemble Cast
Graham Fuller, Daily News' Sunday arts editor and Interview magazine's film columnist
Stephen Garrett, freelance film reporter for Time Out New York and Esquire
Dave Karger, Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly
Moikgantsi Kgama, Founder, Imagenation
Gotham Awards
Gotham Awards 2005 Winners – Article
Gotham Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Costume Designers Guild Awards
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Producers Guild of America Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards