FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
I think there are only two ways this will go and it’s either Elvis or The Whale. Both are Makeup and Hair Stylists guild (MUAH)... 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.
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG
There is no real Best Picture/Original Song correlation historically but, like Original Score, there is a Golden Globe connection. The last time the Oscar winner... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
Since 1999, when the Original Score category merged into one, after four years of being split between comedy and dramatic scores and long after the... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
As I mentioned in my Production Design predictions, Catherine Martin is 2/2 in this category and PD (for 2001’s Moulin Rouge! and 2013’s The Great... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
With Art Directors Guild (ADG), BAFTA and Critics’ Choice, Babylon is the film to beat for Production Design. While the first Avatar won this category... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
In what should be the easiest victory of the night, Avatar: The Way of Water should swim away with the win for Visual Effects are... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT and LIVE ACTION SHORT
Animated Short Film is a shining category this year with two films I think that are battling it out: Annie and BAFTA winner The Boy,... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
With the Annie, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and Producers Guild under its belt, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is one of the most solid bets... Read More
25th Costume Designers Guild (CDG) awards: ‘Elvis,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ ‘The Crown’ win top honors
The Costume Designers Guild (CDG), IATSE Local 892, celebrating the best costume design in film and television for 2022, held their 25th annual awards this evening... Read More
70th Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards: ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ lead film wins
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) revealed their winners for its 70th annual Golden Reel Awards in categories spanning feature film, television, animation, video games, music and... Read More
International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: ‘The Secret Agent’ Wins Six, Including Acting Prizes for Wagner Moura and Tânia Maria 
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’ 
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Award 
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More