Gotham Independent Film Awards 1996

{{Infobox award

| name = 6th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards

| date = {{start date|1996|09|17}}

| host = Michael Moore

| location =

| country = United States

| presenter = Independent Filmmaker Project

| award1_type = Breakthrough Director

| award1_winner = Lisa Krueger – Manny & Lo

| previous = 5th

| main = Gotham Awards

| next = 7th

}}

The 6th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on September 17, 1996.{{cite web |title=Michael Moore during 6th Annual Independent Film Project Gotham Awards at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, New York, United States. |url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/michael-moore-during-6th-annual-independent-film-project-news-photo/105412010 |website=Getty Images |accessdate=October 5, 2018 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195049/https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/michael-moore-during-6th-annual-independent-film-project-news-photo/105412010 |url-status=live }} At the ceremony, hosted by Michael Moore for the second time, Al Pacino was honored with a Career Tribute with John Sayles, Walter Bernstein and Lee Dichter receiving the other individual awards. The Producer/Industry Executive Award was given to Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision, and to the founders of the production company Good Machine, Ted Hope and James Schamus.{{cite web|title=1996 Winners and nominees|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1996.html|publisher=Gotham Independent Film Awards|accessdate=November 9, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325123611/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1996.html|archivedate=March 25, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011)|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/support/Gotham_Recipients.pdf|publisher=Gotham Independent Film Awards|accessdate=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185708/http://gotham.ifp.org/support/Gotham_Recipients.pdf|archivedate=March 4, 2016}}