2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (January)
Promising Young Woman now stands as the leader for critics’ awards in original screenplay, with an even bigger lead when you add groups that don’t... 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.
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (January)
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Da 5 Bloods and Tenet keep rising. All feature a style of editing the branch loves (more vs less,... Read More
Miami Film Festival to screen international Oscar contenders; Javier Cámara to be honored
Extending its status as a bellwether for the Oscars, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) renowned Miami Film Festival announced today its shortlist of International Feature Film submissions that will screen during... Read More
First look: Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s ‘Spencer’
Principal photography has begun on Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) as Diana, Princess of Wales, which focuses on one weekend in... Read More
New York Film Critics Online award ‘Minari’ Best Picture; Ellen Burstyn, Youn Yuh-jung tie in Supporting Actress
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced their winners for the best in film for 2020 and Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari was named Best... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (January)
Beginning to feel pretty good about this top five, as it stays the same as last month. I toyed with the idea of Newton Thomas... Read More
USC Scripter Awards: ‘Bad Education,’ ‘First Cow,’ ‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Normal People,’ ‘The Plot Against America’ among nominees
Winners will be announced Saturday, Mar. 13, 2020 The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 33rd annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the... Read More
North Texas Film Critics winners: ‘Nomadland,’ Steven Yeun and more prevail
The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) has named Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland the Best Picture of 2020, with Zhao also taking the director win. Steven... Read More
National Board of Review (NBR) winners: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ is Best Film, Spike Lee is Best Director
The National Board of Review (NBR), the oldest organization to hand out film awards, has named Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods the Best Film of... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN (January)
One of the more potentially open races this season, Oscar-winning and nominated designers like Mark Bridges (News of the World) and Alexandra Byrne (Emma.) will... Read More
Final Additions to South by Southwest Film & TV Festival (SXSW), Including ‘Love Language,’ ‘Cookie Queens’ and ‘The Fox’ 
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Unveils Recipients for Inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology 
41st Spirit Awards Winner Predictions: In One of the Least Oscary Years in a Decade, it’s Anyone’s Game 
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on the Unlikely, Legally-Challenged Journey of Getting ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’ to the Big Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]