Philadelphia Film Critics: ‘ROMA’ Best Picture, Barry Jenkins Best Director, Viola Davis Best Actress
The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle has chosen ROMA as the best film of 2018, Barry Jenkins as Best Director (If Beale Street Could Talk), Viola... 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.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) predictions
Last year, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association went in for Call Me By Your Name, giving it Best Picture, Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet) and... Read More
Awkwafina and Laverne Cox to reveal 25th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations
Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s Eight) and Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black, the upcoming Bad Hair) will announce the nominees for the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on Wednesday, Dec.... Read More
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) winners
The 2nd annual Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society winners have been announced with The Hate U Give snagging Best Picture, Rami Malek is Best... Read More
‘Green Book,’ ‘Buster Scruggs’ lead San Diego Film Critics nominations
Often left of center when it comes to critics’ awards nominations, the San Diego Film Critics Society veered to the middle this year with a... Read More
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Forms Under President Clayton Davis, Launches Hashtag #YoSoyLEJA
The new group sets January 20, 2019 for their first awards New York, NY – December 7, 2019 – The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) has formed... Read More
San Francisco Film Critics nominations go for ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Roma,’ ‘Beale Street’
The 2018 San Francisco Film Critics Circle have announced their nominations and the city by the Bay is in love with The Favourite, giving the... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: The Golden Globes and Kevin Hart make for the most tumultuous awards season kickoff ever
It’s been a week, hasn’t it? On November 29th I sent a call out to Film Twitter as to who they wanted to see host... Read More
Grammy Nominations: Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga hit; Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift snubbed
The Grammy nominations, which made some major changes this year that boosted nomination totals from five to eight in the general field, found a lot... Read More
‘ROMA,’ Lynne Ramsay, Elizabeth Debicki, Steven Yeun land Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) nominations
The Chicago Film Critics Association often hits us with some inspired nominations and this year is no different. They kicked up a little bit of... Read More
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