Call Me By Your Name Leads GALECA’s Dorian Award Nominations
GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (of which I am a voting member), announced its nominees for its Dorian awards today and Call Me... 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.
Baby Driver, Dunkirk, The Shape of Water and more earn Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Nominations
The nominations for the 54th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) awards for sound mixing have been announced and for Motion Pictures mentions went to Baby Driver,... Read More
I, Tonya, Phantom Thread, Wonder Woman Land Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Nominations
The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) have announced their nominations and among the films recognized this year are Get Out and I, Tonya in Contemporary, Dunkirk... Read More
Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA) loves Lady Bird
The Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA) have bestowed their Best Film, Director and Actress awards to Lady Bird. The group fell in line with... Read More
Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) makes history as American Society of Cinematographers first female nominee
Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) broke through one of many glass ceilings in Hollywood by becoming the first female nominee from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) Winners
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) have chosen The Shape of Water as the best film of 2017. They also awarded the film their... Read More
Critics’ Choice + Golden Globe + SAG + BAFTA – here’s who’s got ’em
With the BAFTA nominations just announced this week, we now have the list of actors nominated for all four major precursors: Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe,... Read More
Interview: Feras Fayyad on how his Oscar-shortlisted LAST MEN IN ALEPPO is an Urgent Cry for Humanity
At a time where hope seemed lost in many of Syria’s shattered cities, a group of aid workers wearing white helmets emerged from the shadows... Read More
2018 BAFTA Nominations: ‘Shape of Water’ Leads with 12; ‘Get Out,’ ‘Lady Bird’ Shut Out of Top Awards
The nominations for the 2018 EE BAFTA awards were announced and The Shape of Water leads all film with 12 nominations, including Best Film, Director,... Read More
‘Call Me By Your Name’ Leads Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Nominations
Call Me By Your Name was the nomination leader from the Denver Film Critics Society today with seven mentions, including two in Original Song. Lady... Read More
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