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Ellen Burstyn to Receive Performer Tribute at 36th Gotham Film Awards

Jonah VillalbaPublished 41m ago2 min readBased on 1 source
Ellen Burstyn to Receive Performer Tribute at 36th Gotham Film Awards
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Ellen Burstyn will receive the Performer Tribute at the 36th Gotham Film Awards, Deadline reported on 11 November 2026. The ceremony is set for 30 November at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Maggie Gyllenhaal will present the honour to Burstyn on the night. The two worked together on Gyllenhaal's short film Flesh Impact, in which Burstyn plays a 100-year-old Marilyn Monroe. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where Burstyn also received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2026.

Burstyn's list of awards is long. She won the Oscar for best actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1975, the same year she won the Tony Award for Same Time, Next Year on Broadway. She has been nominated for an Oscar six times. She has also won Emmy Awards for her television work on Law & Order: SVU and Political Animals.

The Gotham Film Awards, run by the Independent Filmmaker Project, honour independent cinema. A Performer Tribute is one of several special honours handed out alongside the main prizes. This year's ceremony has a full set of them.

Danny Boyle will receive the Gotham Director Tribute for Ink. The Andrew Scott-starring Elsinore will receive the Gotham Legacy Tribute. The Michael Jackson biopic Michael will take the Gotham Musical Tribute. La Bola Negra will receive the Gotham Vanguard Tribute, and animation studio Laika will receive the Gotham Anniversary Tribute.

Each honour recognises a different part of the business, from a single performer's career to a studio that has made stop-motion features for two decades. Taken together, the list shows how wide the awards reach across the independent scene, from new voices to long-running studios.

The ceremony is the next major stop for the honourees. It takes place three weeks after the announcement, so the names on the list may still change if a previously announced guest or presenter drops out. For now, the lineup is set, and 30 November is the night the tributes will be handed out in New York.

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