‘Barbie’ Set For Gotham Awards’ Inaugural Global Icon & Creator Tribute
deadline.comThe likely pink-hued awards season continues. The Gotham Awards will honor 2023’s highest-grossing film, Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie, with its inaugural Global Icon & Creator Tribute.
The honor will be presented November 27 at the 33rd annual Gotham Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Icon & Creator Tribute was created to recognize cultural icons and the filmmakers responsible for bringing that icon’s story to life.
Gerwig has been part of the the Gotham community since her 2010 Breakthrough Actor nomination for her performance in Greenberg.
She went on to receive Breakthrough Director and Best Screenplay nominations for her 2017 pic Lady Bird, which was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. “Across the globe, audiences have fallen in love with the inventive world of Barbie and its razor-sharp original script, dynamic filmmaking, emotional and hilarious performances, vibrant set and costume designs and electrifying original music,” said Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute. “The Barbie creative team took Mattel’s beloved icon and turned it into a cinematic tour de force.
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