| 6th Annual Gotham Film Awards (1996) |
| Film |
| Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award) |
| Lisa Krueger - Manny & Lo |
| Special Awards |
| Filmmaker Award |
| John Sayles |
| Writer Award |
| Walter Bernstein |
| Below-the-Line Award |
| Lee Dichter, sound mixer |
| Producer/Industry Executive Award |
| Ted Hope and James Schamus, founders of the Good Machine production company | |
| Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision |
| Career Tribute |
| Al Pacino |