Georgia Film Critics Association: Moonlight Wins Best Pic, Affleck and Portman Take Actor and Actress
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Georgia Film Critics Association has anointed Moonlight the Best Picture of 2016 as well as wins for Supporting Actor (Mahershala... 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.
‘Moonlight’ Leads Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics (GALECA) Dorian Awards Nominations
Moonlight Leads with 7 Nominations, La La Land Earns Six Portman, Huppert, Bening Among Actress Award Hopefuls Sing Street, Captain Fantastic in Unsung Film Race... Read More
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Chazelle, Davis, Jenkins, Lonergan and Villeneuve
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Directors Guild of America (DGA), the last major guild of the season, has spoken and the helmers of Arrival, La... Read More
‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘The Dressmaker,’ ‘La La Land’ Receive Costume Designers Guild Nominations
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Costume Designers Guild, which breaks its nominees to groupings like Contemporary, Period and Fantasy, has given us a truly wide... Read More
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Nominations: Silence nabs its first major guild nom; Bradford Young is 1st African-American ever nominated
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) nominations are out and Martin Scorsese’s religious epic Silence has finally grabbed a major guild... Read More
‘Cameraperson’ Wins Cinema Eye Honors’ Best Nonfiction Film Award
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After dominating the majority critics awards this season, O.J.: Made in America was bested by Kristen Johnson’s Cameraperson at the 10th... Read More
Directors Guild TV Nominations: Westworld, Atlanta, Stranger Things Score Nods
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has revealed its nominations for the best-directed television and as you might guess Westworld, Atlanta... Read More
Makeup Artists and Hairstyling Guild (MUAH) Nominations
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] THE NOMINEES FOR THE ANNUAL MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS ARE: FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP CAPTAIN... Read More
USC Scripter Finalists for Adapted Screenplay Include Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Fences
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] One of the unique things that the USC Scripter does with its award for Adapted Screenplay is to also award that... Read More
Rogue One Leads Visual Effects Society (VES) Nods; Kubo Leads Animated, Game of Thrones Top in TV
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Receives Most Feature Film Nominations Kubo and the Two Strings is Top Animated Film Contender... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
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