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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.
‘Black Panther,’ ‘Bros,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ lead Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) nominations

‘Black Panther,’ ‘Bros,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ lead Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) nominations

Erik Anderson November 3, 2022
The nominations for the 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) were announced today where Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Bros, Everything Everywhere All at Once... Read More
Interview: Daytime Emmys director Rachel Schwartz breaks down the new Children and Family Emmys, judging and the ‘Heartstopper’ of it all

Interview: Daytime Emmys director Rachel Schwartz breaks down the new Children and Family Emmys, judging and the ‘Heartstopper’ of it all

Erik Anderson November 1, 2022
The first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards will be presented on Saturday, December 10 (Creative Arts) and Sunday, December 11 at the Wilshire Ebell... Read More
‘The Mysterious Benedict Society,’ ‘Sneakerella,’ ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Sweet Tooth’ lead 1st Children’s & Family Emmy Awards nominations

‘The Mysterious Benedict Society,’ ‘Sneakerella,’ ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Sweet Tooth’ lead 1st Children’s & Family Emmy Awards nominations

Erik Anderson November 1, 2022
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominations for the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, where The Mysterious... Read More
‘Aftersun,’ ‘Corsage,’ ‘Close,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ win top Montclair Film Festival awards

‘Aftersun,’ ‘Corsage,’ ‘Close,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ win top Montclair Film Festival awards

Erik Anderson October 31, 2022
The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the winners of the festival’s 2022 film competitions where Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun won the Fiction Feature Prize, with Corsage... Read More

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Erik Anderson March 23, 2026
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23

On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23

Ryan McQuade March 23, 2026