Portland Critics Association winners: ‘The Green Knight’ is Best Pic, ‘Dune’ wins seven
The Portland Critics Association (PCA), in their first year, have announced their winners for the best in film for 2021 and David Lowery’s The Green... 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.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) predictions: Where will they align with NYFCC and where will they split?
With the NYFCC winners announced on December 3 and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association moving out their announcement from December 12 to 18, giving... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (December)
Best Actress is always the most exciting race of the season even when it’s not. I mean, it’s actresses, the bread and butter of awards... Read More
Black Reel Awards: ‘The Harder They Fall’ sets record with 20 nominations, women directors make history
The nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards were announced today and Jeymes Samuel’s all-Black western The Harder They Fall broke all records with... Read More
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
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
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