2019 Oscar Predictions: SOUND MIXING and SOUND EDITING (December)
No changes at the top for either Sound Editing or Sound Mixing. Ready Player One moves up on both charts (closer to where it should... 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), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) 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.
10 Best Films of 2018
Don’t let anyone tell you that <insert film year here> was ‘not a good year’ for movies. Every year is a good year if you’re... Read More
First trailer for ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ finds Cate Blanchett on the move
Where’d You Go, Bernadette is based on the runaway bestseller about Bernadette Fox, a Seattle woman who had it all – a loving husband and... Read More
Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) winners: ‘Green Book,’ ‘ROMA,’ Lady Gaga
The Phoenix Film Critics Society has chosen Green Book as their Best Picture of 2018 with Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA) as Best Director. Green Book‘s Viggo... Read More
‘The Favourite’ leads London Film Critics Circle (LFCC) nominations
The Favourite, from Yorgos Lanthimos leads the London Film Critics Circle nominations with 10, including Director of the Year, Actress of the Year (Olivia Colman)... Read More
2019 Oscars: 347 Films Eligible for Best Picture Oscar
347 feature films are eligible for the 91st Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 91st... Read More
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) winners
2018 North Texas Film Critics Association has revealed its winner and runners-up for the best in 2018 film. (Runners-up listed in order of votes received)... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (December)
Animated Feature has turned into a real race as early favorites and sequels, Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet, have been out in front... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
Two more categories that received shortlist treatment yesterday, Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects, saw some wild snubs and set us up for two interesting... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (December)
With the reveal of the shortlists in Original Score and Original Song yesterday (the first in these categories since 1979), did predicting get easier or... Read More
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold to Receive the Gothams Visionary Tribute for ‘A Complete Unknown’ 
Interviews: How the Hair, Makeup and Editing Teams for ‘Gladiator II’ Corralled 1000 Extras, Battled Heat and Kept Ridley Scott’s Vision 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 261: The Oscar Race Election Connection; Conan O’Brien as Oscar Host 
Interview: Mohammad Rasoulof on Filming ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ in Secret and Defying Oppression [VIDEO]