The Gotham Film & Media Institute has set The Woman King filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood and Audible, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Chairman Don Katz as the latest pair of honorees to be feted at the 32nd annual Gotham Awards, taking place live and in person at NYC’s Cipriani Wall Street on November 28.
Prince-Bythewood will receive the Filmmaker Tribute, with Katz set for the Innovator Tribute. Prince-Bythewood is an award-winning writer, director and producer who was also recently named by American Cinema Editors as this year’s recipient of their Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.
She most recently directed the period war film The Woman King, starring Viola Davis and Thuso Mbedu, for Sony’s TriStar, Which premiered to critical acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival and was released in September.
The multi-hyphenate previously helmed features including Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, Beyond the Lights and The Old Guard.
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