'Parasite' toplines Toronto Film Critics Association wins (TFCA) including Best Picture
Parasite has been named Best Picture by the Toronto Film Critics Association, who also gave the film Best Director (Bong Joon-ho) and Best Foreign Language... 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.
Critics' Choice Television Awards: 'Schitt's Creek,' 'This Is Us,' 'When They See Us' lead nominations
After earning Emmy street credit last summer, PopTV’s Schitt’s Creek pulled in a field-best five nominations this morning at the Critics’ Choice Awards announcement, including... Read More
Critics Choice Movie Awards nominations: 'The Irishman' leads with 14; 'Once Upon a Time…' next with 12
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the nominees for the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the Critics’ Choice Awards gala,... Read More
'Parasite' named Best Picture by Los Angeles Film Critics Circle (LAFCA)
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association have chosen Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite as the best film of 2019, also giving it Best Director and Best... Read More
'For Sama' and 'Honeyland' win International Documentary Association (IDA) awards
The International Documentary Association (IDA) handed out the 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards last night at a ceremony at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and... Read More
'Once Upon a Time…' 'The Irishman' lead Washington DC Critics (WAFCA) nominations
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood leads the 2019 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) with 10, followed by Martin Scorsese’s The... Read More
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) have chosen Parasite as the best film of 2019, also giving the South Korean dark comedy Best Director... Read More
2019 European Film Awards (EFA): 'The Favourite' is the favorite
The 32nd European Film Awards were given out tonight and Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite was the overwhelming favorite, sweeping eight categories including Best European Film,... Read More
Guild Predictions: Art Directors, Costume Designers, Sound Designers, Film Editors, Sound Editors
Critics awards are fun and they can help create potential narratives (or bolster existing ones) but it’s the film and television guilds that really tell... Read More
Australian Academy Award winners (AACTA): 'The Nightingale' wins Best Film; Jennifer Kent makes history
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale led the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) nominations with 15 and came away with six awards including Best... Read More
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