The final season of Netflix’s The Crown, chronicling the rises and falls of the British monarchy which began with the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, has nabbed the most BAFTA TV Award nominations for its sixth and final season.
The series earned acting nods for including for Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Lesley Manville and Salim Daw, yet missed out on a lead performance nomination for Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, and for series, where it had earned three previous nominations.
What did make the cut for Drama Series were The Gold, Happy Valley, Slow Horses and Top Boy.
Just behind The Crown was another Netflix production, the Black Mirror episode “Demon 79” earned seven nominations, including limited drama and leading actress for Anjana Vasan. BBC dramas HappyValley and The Sixth Commandment as well as AppleTV+’s Slow Horses earned six nominations each.
“It is a real privilege to announce today’s nominations which recognize the most gripping, entertaining, challenging, funniest, most informative, highest quality and most impactful TV programs of 2023, as voted for by BAFTA members,” said BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip. “More than 100 programs across 12 broadcasters and streamers represent an extraordinary range of content. It is important that we celebrate the extraordinary craft and creativity of the broadcast sector, particularly during this challenging year for many people working in the industry.”
The BAFTA TV Craft awards will be held on April 28 and the BAFTA TV awards on May 12.
See the full list of nominations below.
TV AWARDS
Comedy Entertainment
The Graham Norton Show — Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell – So Television / BBC One
Late Night Lycett — Production team at Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
Rob & Romesh Vs — Danielle Lux, Murray Boland, Jack Shillaker, Bill Righton, David Taylor, Graham Proud – CPL Productions / Sky Max
Would I Lie to You? — Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Liz Clare, Barbara Wiltshire – Zeppotron / BBC One
Current Affairs
Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes (Storyville) — Paul Mitchell, Anastasia Popova, Mikhail Kozyrev, Daria Olevskaya, Monica Garnsey, Emma Hindley – BBC News World Service, Ronachan Films / BBC Four
Putin vs. The West — Norma Percy, Tim Stirzaker, Lucy Hetherington, Lotte Murphy-Johnson, Max Stern – Brook Lapping / BBC Two
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Dispatches) — Production team at Hardcash Productions / Channel 4
The Shamima Begum Story (This World) — Joshua Baker, Sara Obeidat, Sasha Joelle Achilli, Sarah Waldron, Simon McMahon, Mustafa Al-Ali – BBC Current Affairs / BBC Two
Daytime
Loose Women and Men — Production team at ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
Lorraine — Production team at ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1
Make It at Market — Martin Connery, Aman Mistry, Iain Robson, Kim Merrick, Lauren Elliott, Andrew Snowball – Flabbergast TV / BBC One
Scam Interceptors — Production team at BBC Studios Documentary Unit / BBC One
Drama Series
The Gold — Production team at Tannadice Pictures / BBC One
Happy Valley — Sally Wainwright, Sarah Lancashire, Jessica Taylor, Faith Penhale, Will Johnston, Fergus O’Brien – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
Slow Horses — Saul Metzstein, Will Smith, Jane Robertson, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Top Boy — Production team at Cowboy Films / Netflix
Entertainment
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas — Hannah Waddingham, Hamish Hamilton, Katy Mullen, Moira Ross, Raj Kapoor, Nick Todisco – Done + Dusted / Apple TV+
Later… With Jools Holland — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC Two
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show — Christian Fletcher, Dan Baldwin, James Pratt, Lisa Kirk, Sarah Mittell, Simon Staffurth – Hungry McBear / BBC One
Strictly Come Dancing — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Entertainment Performance
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! — Lifted Entertainment / ITV1
Big Zuu, Big Zuu’s Big Eats – Boom, Big Productions / Dave
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
Hannah Waddingham, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC Studios / BBC One
Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett – Rumpus Media, My Options Were Limited / Channel 4
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, Rob & Romesh Vs – CPL Productions / Sky Max
Factual Entertainment
Celebrity Race Across the World — Production team at Studio Lambert / BBC One
The Dog House — Production team at Five Mile Films / Channel 4
Endurance: Race to the Pole — Alexis Girardet, Mike Warner, Adam Bullmore, Martin Long – October Films / Channel 5
Portrait Artist of the Year — Production team at Storyvault Films / Sky Arts
Factual Series
Dublin Narcos — Benedict Sanderson, Claire McFall, Sacha Baveystock, Edmund Coulthard, Megan Taylor, Laura Dunne – Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries
Evacuation — Production team at Wonderhood Studios / Channel 4
Lockerbie — Nancy Strang, John Dower, Claire McFall, Barnaby Fry, Dejan Cancar, Charlie Hawryliw – Mindhouse Productions / Sky Documentaries
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland — Production team at KEO Films, Walk On Air Films / BBC Two
Female Performance in a Comedy
Bridget Christie, The Change – Expectation / Channel 4
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Black Ops – BBC Studios, Mondo Deluxe Productions / BBC One
Máiréad Tyers, Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
Roisin Gallagher, The Lovers – Drama Republic / Sky Atlantic
Sofia Oxenham, Extraordinary – Sid Gentle Films / Disney+
Taj Atwal, Hullraisers – Fable Pictures / Channel 4
International
The Bear — Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Matty Matheson, Tyson Bidner – FX Productions / Disney+
Beef — Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun , Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich – A24 / Netflix
Class Act — Bruno Nahon, Tristan Séguela, Olivier Demangel, Laurent Lafitte – de Passe Entertainment / Netflix
The Last of Us — Production team at Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Love & Death — Production team at Lionsgate, David E. Kelley Productions, Blossom Films, Texas Monthly / ITVX
Succession — Production team at Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Leading Actor
Brian Cox, Succession – Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Dominic West, The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Kane Robinson, Top Boy – Cowboy Films / Netflix
Paapa Essiedu, The Lazarus Project – Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
Steve Coogan, The Reckoning – ITV Studios / BBC One
Timothy Spall, The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
Anne Reid, The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions,, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly – Quay Street Productions / ITVX
Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
Sharon Horgan, Best Interests – AC Chapter One / BBC One
Limited Drama
Best Interests — Production team at AC Chapter One / BBC One
Demon 79 (Black Mirror) — Charlie Brooker, Richard Webb, Jessica Rhoades, Bisha K. Ali, Annabel Jones, Toby Haynes – Broke & Bones / Netflix
The Long Shadow — George Kay, Lewis Arnold, Matt Sandford, Sarah Lewis, Sacha Szwarc, Willow Grylls – New Pictures / ITV1
The Sixth Commandment — Derek Wax, Brian Woods, Sarah Phelps, Saul Dibb, Frances du Pille – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
Live Event Coverage
The Coronation Concert — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Male Performance in a Comedy
Adjani Salmon, Dreaming Whilst Black – Big Deal Films, A24 / BBC Three
David Tennant, Good Omens – BBC Studios, Narrativia, The Blank Corporation / Prime Video
Hammed Animashaun, Black Ops – BBC Studios, Mondo Deluxe Productions / BBC One
Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou – Guilty Party Pictures / Netflix
Joseph Gilgun, Brassic – Calamity Films / Sky Max
Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
News Coverage
Channel 4 News: “Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War” — Esme Wren, Federico Escher, Helene Cacace, Matt Frei, Secunder Kermani, Millicent Teasdale – ITN / Channel 4
Sky News: “Inside Myanmar — The Hidden War” — Production team at Sky News
Sky News: “Israel-Hamas War” — Production team at Sky News
Reality
Banged Up — Production team at Shine TV / Channel 4
Married at First Sight U.K. — Danielle Lux , Murray Boland, Rachel Viner, Susy Price, James Kayler, Dermot Caulfield – CPL Productions / E4
My Mum, Your Dad — Production team at Lifted Entertainment / ITV1
Squid Game: The Challenge — Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, John Hay, Nicola Brown, Toni Ireland, Stephen Yemoh – Studio Lambert / Netflix
Scripted Comedy
Big Boys — Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Bertie Peek, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith – Roughcut TV / Channel 4
Dreaming Whilst Black — Thomas Stogdon, Dhanny Joshi, Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes, Nicola Gregory, Yemi Oyefuwa – Big Deal Films, A24 / BBC Three
Extraordinary — Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Charlie Palmer, Emma Moran, Abíólá Rufai-Awójídé, Sam Leifer – Sid Gentle Film / Disney+
Such Brave Girls — Kat Sadler, Simon Bird, Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jack Bayles, Phil Clarke – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
Short Form
Mobility — Jack Carroll, Thomas Gregory, Akaash Meeda, David Simpson, Sam Ward – Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Three
The Skewer: Three Twisted Years — Production team at Unusual / BBC iPlayer
Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps — Production team at VICE UK / VICE News
Where It Ends — Jack Robertson, Fergal Costello, Sam Ward, David Simpson – Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC Three
Single Documentary
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived — Dan Hartley, Kevin Konak, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares – Lightbox / Sky Documentaries
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family — Jasleen Sethi, David Thompson, Colleen Flynn, Kathryn Jein, Nick Underhill – Flicker Productions / ITV1
Hatton — Daniel Dewsbury, Paul Yoshida, Sam Bergson, Ian Davies, John McKenna – Noah Media Group, Sky Studios / Sky Crime
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris — Jamie Roberts, Dan Reed – Amos Pictures / Netflix
Soap
Casualty — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Eastenders — Production team at BBC Studios / BBC One
Emmerdale — Production team at ITV Studios / ITV1
Specialist Factual
Chimp Empire — James Reed, Matt Houghton, Callum Webster, Matt Cole – KEO Films, Underdog Films / Netflix
The Enfield Poltergeist — Jerry Rothwell , Al Morrow, Stewart le Maréchal, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Davis Guggenheim – MetFilm, Concordia Studio / Apple TV+
Forced Out — Production team at Dragonfly / Sky Documentaries
White Nanny, Black Child — Andy Mundy-Castle, Natasha Dack Ojumu, Rochelle Newman, Zeb Achonu, Ross Leppard, Rachael McLean-Anderson – Doc Hearts, TigerLily Productions, BFI / Channel 5
Sports Coverage
Cheltenham Festival Day One — Richard Willoughby, Paul McNamara, Mark Demuth, Bridget Toomey, Rob Oldham, Dionne Robinson-Smith, Andrew Hill – ITV Sport / ITV1
MOTD Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 — Production team at IMG / BBC One
Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final — Production team at BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One
Supporting Actor
Amit Shah, Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
Éanna Hardwicke, The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
Harris Dickinson, A Murder at the End of the World — FX Productions / Disney+
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Matthew MacFadyen, Succession – Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Salim Daw, The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Harriet Walter, Succession – Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions and Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy – Cowboy Films / Netflix LESLEY MANVILLE The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Nico Parker, The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Siobhan Finneran, Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award (voted for by the public)
Beckham: David teases Victoria about her ‘working class’ upbringing – Studio99, Ventureland / Netflix
Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor – Bad Wolf, BBC Studios Productions / BBC One
Happy Valley: Catherine Cawood and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
The Last of Us: Bill and Frank’s Story – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
The Piano: 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with jaw dropping piano performance – Love Productions / Channel 4
Succession: Logan Roy’s death – Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
CRAFT CATEGORIES
Costume Design
Amy Roberts, The Crown (Episode 8) – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Sharon Long, The Great – Civic Center Media, MRC / Lionsgate+
Director — Factual
Gesbeen Mohammad, “Inside Iran: The Fight for Freedom (Exposure)” – Hardcash Productions / ITV1
James Bluemel, “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” – KEO Films, Walk On Air Films / BBC Two
John Dower, “Lockerbie” – Mindhouse Films / Sky Documentaries
Peter Beard and Bruce Fletcher, “Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story” – Story Films, Archface Films / Sky Documentaries
Director — Fiction, sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Joseph Bullman, Partygate – Halcyons Heart Films / Channel 4
Lewis Arnold, The Long Shadow (Episode 6) – New Pictures / ITV1
Peter Hoar, The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
William Stefan Smith, Top Boy (Episode 6) – Cowboy Films / Netflix
Director — Multi-Camera
Julia Knowles, An Audience With Kylie – Lifted Entertainment, BMG / ITV1
Julia Knowles, The Coronation Concert – BBC Studios / BBC One
Nikki Parsons, Ollie Bartlett and Richard Valentine, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – BBC Studios / BBC One
Paul McNamara, FA Cup Final – ITV Sport / ITV1
Editing — Factual
Charlie Hawryliw, Lockerbie – Mindhouse Films / Sky Documentaries
Editing team, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland – KEO films, Walk On Air Films / BBC Two
Editing team, Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films / Netflix
Michael Harte, Beckham – Studio 99, Ventureland / Netflix
Editing — Fiction
Alex Mackie, Time – BBC Studios / BBC One
Joe Carey, Happy Valley (Episode 6) – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
Sam Williams, Slow Horses (Episode 1) – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Zsófia Tálas, Slow Horses (Episode 6) – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Emerging Talent — Factual
Ben Cheetham (director), Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son? – Five Mile Films / Channel 4
Fola Evans-Akingbola and Jordan Pitt (directors), Untold Stories: Hair on Set”– Good Girl Productions, One Umbrella Productions, Doc Hearts / Sky Documentaries
Fred Scott (director), London Bridge: Facing Terror – Raw TV / Channel 4
Ted Evans (director), Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change – Rogan Productions / BBC One
Emerging Talent — Fiction
Andrew Bogle (writer) — Kirkmoore Fudge Park Productions / ITVX
Haolu Wang (director), Bodies – Moonage Pictures / Netflix
Kat Sadler (writer), Such Brave Girls – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
Mawaan Rizwan (writer), Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
Entertainment Craft Team, sponsored by Hotcam
Diccon Ramsay, Paddy Fletcher, Rikki Finlay, James Tinsley, Mathieu Weekes and Ben Norman, Squid Game: The Challenge — Studio Lambert / Netflix
Jamie Heath, Nick Harvey and Greg Menzel, Banged Up — Shine TV / Channel 4
Julio Himede, Tim Routledge, Kojo Samuel, Michael Sharp and Dan Shipton, Eurovision Song Contest 2023 — BBC Studios / BBC One
Nigel Catmur, Tom Bairstow, Kevin Duff, Steve Nolan, Steve Sidwell and Simon Haw, The Coronation Concert — BBC Studios / BBC One
Make-Up and Hair Design, sponsored by ScreenSkills High-End Television Skills Fund
Cate Hall, Emilie Yong-Mills and Fiona Rogers, The Crown (Episode 8) — Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Lisa Parkinson, The Long Shadow (Episode 6) – New Pictures / ITV1
Lucy Sibbick, Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Sharon Miller, Kym Menzies-Foster and Kelly Taylor, Three Little Birds”– Tiger Aspect Productions, Douglas Road Productions / ITVX
Original Music — Factual
Ed Harcourt, Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story – Story Films, Archface Films / Sky Documentaries
George Fenton, Wild Isles – Silverback Films / BBC One
Simon Rogers, A Time to Die – True Vision / ITV1
Simon Russell, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland”– KEO Films, Walk On Air Films / BBC Two
Original Music — Fiction
Adiescar Chase, Heartstopper – See-Saw Films / Netflix
Atli Örvarsson, Silo – AMC Studios / Apple TV+
Blair Mowat, Nolly – Quay Street Productions / ITVX
Natalie Holt, Loki – Marvel Studios / Disney+
Photography — Factual
Benedict Sanderson, The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG – Minnow Films / BBC Two
Bertie Gregory, Tom Walker and Anna Dimitriadis, Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory – Wildstar / Disney+
Jean-Louis Schuller, The Man Who Played With Fire – Raw TV / Sky Documentaries
Narayan Van Maele and Patrick Smith, Dublin Narcos – Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries
Photography and Lighting — Fiction
Eben Bolter, The Last of Us – Sony Pictures Television Studios, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Ed Rutherford, The Long Shadow – New Pictures / ITV1
Rik Zang, The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
George Foulgham, Philip Moroz, Alex Gibson, Tom Verstappen and Adam Prescod, If These Walls Could Sing – Ventureland, Mercury Studios / Disney+
Nick Ryan, Ben Baird, Kirstie Howell, Jack Wensley, Jamie McPhee and Alexej Mungersdorff, The Enfield Poltergeist – MetFilm, Concordia Studio / Apple TV+
Sound team, The Coronation of TM The King and Queen Camilla – BBC Studios / BBC One
Sound team, Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Box to Box Films / Netflix
Sound — Fiction
Chris Ashworth, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Saoirse Christopherson and Iain Eyre, The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Jules Woods, James Drake, Oscar Bloomfield-Crowe and Paddy McGuirk, Boiling Point – Ascendant Fox, Matriarch Productions, It’s All Made Up Productions / BBC One
Matthew Collinge, James Bain, Robert Farr, Tom Melling, Matt Davies and Alyn Sclosa, The Witcher – Netflix Original Series / Netflix
Sound team, Slow Horses – See-Saw Films / Apple TV+
Special, Visual and Graphic Effects
Andy Scrase, Patricia Llaguno, Beau Garcia, Oliver Winwood, Huw Evans and Jodie Davidson, The Wheel of Time – Little Island Productions / Prime Video
Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Framestore, Rumble VFX, Asa Shoul and Chris Reynolds, The Crown – Left Bank Pictures / Netflix
Daniel Racuhwerger, Stefano Pepin, Richard Stanbury, Raphael Hamm and Ian Fellows, Silo – AMC Studios / Apple TV+
Tim Crosbie, Caimin Bourne, Jet Omoshebi, Dan Weir, Cinesite and David Stephens, The Witcher – Netflix Original Series / Netflix
Titles and Graphic Identity
Dan May, James Coore, Painting Practice and Realtime Visualisation — Doctor Who (“Wild Blue Yonder”) – Bad Wolf, BBC Studios Productions – BBC One
Peter Anderson Studio, Good Omens – BBC Studios, Narrativia, The Blank Corporation / Prime Video
Studio AKA, Queen Charlotte – Shondalandmedia / Netflix
Tamsin McGee, Ben Hanbury, Hugo Moss and Paul McDonnell, Wilderness – Firebird Pictures, Amazon Studios UK, Nomadic Pictures / Prime Video
Writer — Comedy
Jack Rooke, Big Boys – Roughcut Television / Channel 4
Jamie Demetriou, A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou – BBC Studios Productions Comedy, Guilty Party Pictures / Netflix
Kat Sadler, Such Brave Girls – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
Mawaan Rizwan, Juice – Various Artists Limited / BBC Three
Writer — Drama
Charlie Brooker and Bisha K Ali, Demon 79 (Black Mirror) – Broke & Bones / Netflix
Jesse Armstrong, Succession – Project Zeus, Hyberobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions, Hot Seat Productions, HBO / Sky Atlantic
Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley – Lookout Point, AMC / BBC One
Sarah Phelps, The Sixth Commandment – Wild Mercury Productions, True Vision / BBC One
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.