2023 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (December)
Oscar shortlists will be revealed on December 21, giving us the 10 finalists for Makeup and Hairstyling, and members of the branch who attend special... 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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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.
2023 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
On December 21, the Academy will reveal the shortlist of 10 contenders who will be eligible to compete for a nomination for Visual Effects and... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (December)
All members of the sound branch vote on the 10 films that will make the Oscar shortlist on December 21 and then the five Academy... Read More
2022 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle winners
The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle names Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Film of 2022, one of five awards for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert‘s film. S. S. Rajamouli‘s RRR won three... Read More
2022 North Texas Film Critics Association nominations
The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) revealed their nominations where The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once and Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans led with... Read More
2022 Utah Film Critics Association: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins 10 awards
Everything Everywhere All At Once dominated the 2022 Utah Film Critics Association awards announced today, with 10 wins overall. The film was recognized as Best... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (December)
We have nominations from Critics Choice, Golden Globes and the winners from Hollywood Music in Media going into the shortlist of 15 original scores that will be announced on Tuesday,... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (December)
We have the official Oscar eligibility list of 82 original songs and nominations from Critics Choice, Golden Globes and the winners from Hollywood Music in... Read More
2022 Boston Online Film Critics Association awards: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ wins 4
The Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) has voted and chosen Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin as the best film of 2022, as well... Read More
Phoenix Critics Circle winners: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ is Best Picture, Keke Palmer named Best Supporting Actress for ‘Nope’
Martin McDonaugh’s The Banshees of Inisherin was named Best Picture by the Phoenix Critics Circle where the director also took the group’s screenplay prize. Everything... Read More
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