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*Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” made a killing at last night’s 27th annual IFP Gotham Awards in New York, earning trophies for Best Director and Screenplay as well as the Audience Award.
Donald Glover’s FX series “Atlanta” continues to collect hardware, earning the Gotham for Breakthrough Series – Long Form, while the cast of Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” took home the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance.
Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” walked away with Best Feature. Other big winners included up-and-coming “Call Me by Your Name” actor Timothée Chalamet, “Lady Bird’ star Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress and James Franco for his role in The Disaster Artist.
In addition to the nominated awards, career tributes went to Jason Blum, Sofia Coppola, Al Gore, Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Ed Lachman.As previously reported, Michael Kenneth Williams was honored with the Made in NY Award.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Feature
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino, director; Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Documentary
Strong Island
Yance Ford, director; Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes, producers (Netflix)
Best Director
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Actor
James Franco in The Disaster Artist (A24)
Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (A24)
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
Atlanta, Donald Glover, creator; Donald Glover, Dianne McGunigle, Paul Simms, executive producers (FX Networks)
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Jordan Peele for Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Audience Award
Get Out
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes, Nancy Andrews, creator (YouTube)
Breakthrough Actor
Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Screenplay
Get Out, Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
