2022 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)
Of the critics groups who have screenplay winners, the overwhelming favorite in adapted is The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s adaptation of the 1967... Read More
Erik Anderson
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.
2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)
We won’t have guild nominations for film editing (ACE) and cinematography (ASC) until next month but there are a few critics groups who expand outside... Read More
London Film Critics nominations: ‘The Lost Daughter,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ lead
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter led the London Film Critics Circle nominations announced today with nine and... Read More
Chicago Film Critics winners: ‘The Power of the Dog’ tops with seven
The Chicago Film Critics Association has selected The Power of the Dog as the Best Picture of 2021, with Jane Campion winning Best Director and... Read More
Florida Film Critics nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Annette’ lead
There must be something in the water down in Florida. The state’s top critics’ group announced their nominations on Wednesday with categories of three nominees,... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (December)
It’s the Suite Life of Kodi Smit-McPhee. With no less than six critics wins under his over-sized cowboy hat, Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)
One of the tougher early races to call for nominations is starting to take some shape. While Will Smith (King Richard), who won NBR, is... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (December)
A lot has happened in the last two weeks, right? Critics’ nominations and awards have started flying in, sometimes up to five announcements a day... Read More
2021 Phoenix Critic Circle nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘West Side Story’ lead
The Phoenix Critic Circle (not to be confused with the Phoenix Film Critics Society) announced their nominations today and The Power of the Dog and... Read More
2021 Women Film Critics Circle winners: ‘Passing,’ Jane Campion, Kristen Stewart
The Women Film Critics Circle has named Passing 2021’s Best Movie About Women and the film’s stars Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson the year’s Best Screen Couple. The film... Read More
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees: ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ Filmmakers and Casts and More 
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