BAFTA Awards: ‘Joker’ has the last laugh, leading with 11 nominations
The EE BAFTA, the British Academy Film Awards, announced their nominations today and Todd Phillips’ Joker led the field with 11 nominations including Best Film,... 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.
Spirit Awards: An Anonymous Voter Assesses the Nominees and Reveals his Pick for Best Female Lead
For the third year in a row, the nominating committee of the Film Independent Spirit Awards has deviated from the traditional ballot of five names... Read More
‘American Factory,’ ‘Apollo 11’ top Cinema Eye Honors doc awards
American Factory, the verite portrait of a once-closed Ohio factory that is bought by a Chinese company, took top honors at tonight’s Cinema Eye Honors,... Read More
Denver Film Critics Nominations: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Little Women,’ ‘Marriage Story’ lead
Partners Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s 2019 efforts, Little Women and Marriage Story, respectively, were the top nomination getters from the Denver Film Critics today,... Read More
Online Film Critics Society (OFCS): ‘Parasite’ dominates with six wins
Taking home six awards, including Best Picture of the Year, “Parasite” was the clear favorite of the Online Film Critics Society. “Us” and “1917” were... Read More
‘The Irishman’ and ‘1917’ Lead 2019 Latino Entertainment Film Awards by LEJA, Jennifer Lopez Gets Lifetime Achievement Award
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) has announced nominees for its second annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards. Leading the 2019 nominations is Netflix’s gangster epic “The Irishman” with 10... Read More
Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) to Celebrate the End of the Decade in Cinema
(Los Angeles, CA – January 6, 2020) – With 2019 closing out another incredible decade in film, the members of the Hollywood Critics Association will... Read More
DGA and PGA Preview and Predictions
The race is on and it’s pedal to the metal from here on in. The Golden Globes were last night and gave us a nice... Read More
Directors Guild (DGA) TV nominations for Longform, Variety, Reality
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) have revealed their nominations for television in longform, variety, reality and kids programming. FX’s Fosse/Verdon leads with an impressive... Read More
‘1917,’ ‘Little Women,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ among Writer Guild (WGA) nominees
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced its feature film and documentary nominees for screenwriting and they include 1917, Little Women, Booksmart and Jojo... 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]