FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE
It’s all come down to this. A worldwide pandemic. Closed theaters. Movies pushed off until late 2021 or beyond. An extended Oscar season that’s felt... 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 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR
While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in Oscar’s 93-year history, the question... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
This is going to be one of few times in recent memory where the eventual Oscar winner will not have won the Golden Globe, Critics... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING
I held off on posting my Film Editing predictions until the American Cinema Editors (ACE) revealed their ACE Eddie nominations and I’m glad I did... Read More
Razzie Nominations: Sia’s ‘Music,’ ‘Dolittle,’ ‘365 Days’ lead worst films of the year awards
The Golden Raspberrys, aka the Razzies, who “honor” the worst in film every year and often with a tongue firmly planted in cheek, have revealed... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Anthony Hopkins (The Father) have all earned the top precursors on their way... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
What’s usually one of the most competitive and difficult categories to predict, Best Actress feels…closed up? Am I crazy or is it locked with Carey... Read More
Academy reveals art for 93rd Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the campaign art for the 93rd Oscars. The 2021 campaign illustrates this year’s tagline, “Bring... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Probably the most difficult category of all, with precursor nominations and wins all over the map, literally. SAG gave us what seemed like a realistic... Read More
‘Minari,’ ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Euphoria’ earn ACE Eddie nominations
Mank, Promising Young Woman, Wolfwalkers, Ted Lasso and The Queen’s Gambit also make the cut American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced on Thursday the nominations for... Read More
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