Writers Guild of America (WGA) Television Nominations: Stranger Things, Westworld, Atlanta Among Freshman Shows
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Writers Guild of AmericaEast and West has chosen its nominations for the best television writing for 2016, including a host of... 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.
Jimmy Kimmel is your 2017 Oscars Host
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After the longest period before the announcement of an Oscars host in recent memory, show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd... Read More
2016 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Winners: American Honey Tops; Women Win Big
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] American Honey, from Andrea Arnold, was the big winner at the British Independent Film Awards today taking Best British Independent Film,... Read More
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Winners: Moonlight Wins Pic, Director; Huppert Continues Reign
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Moonlight was the big winner with Los Angeles critics today, taking the top two awards – Best Picture and Best... Read More
2017 Oscars: Arrival, Kubo and the Two Strings, Passengers Among 20 Films to Advance in the Visual Effects Oscar Race
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects... Read More
2017 Critics’ Choice Awards Movie Nominations: La La Lands, Moonlight, Arrival Lead the Way
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Damien Chazelle’s La La Land led the 2017 Critics’ Choice Movie Award nominations with 12, while Moonlight and Arrival followed close... Read More
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Winners: La La Land Prevails in Best Picture but Moonlight, Manchester Win Big
La La Land, the current frontrunner for Oscar’s Best Picture, won the top award with the New York Film Critics Circle – its only win... Read More
New York Film Critics Circle Predictions: Is it Moonlight vs. Manchester?
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The season has only just begun but it’s already feeling like it’s going to be a battle between Moonlight (Gotham winner)... Read More
How the National Board of Review can pave the way to Oscar
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The National Board of Review is the traditional kick-off of awards season. It starts to put to rest all of the... Read More
2016 National Board of Review (NBR) Winners: Manchester by the Sea is Best Film, Amy Adams Wins Best Actress for Arrival
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The National Board of Review, the oldest awards-giving organization in existence, has chosen Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea as the... Read More
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