2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] With the explosive news that Viola Davis would indeed go supporting for Fences that immediately vaulted her to the top 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), 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.
2017 Golden Globes: Meryl Streep to Receive 2017 Cecil B. deMille Award
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Meryl Streep will receive the Cecil B. deMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) at the Golden Globes in January.... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Despite being in a film that has yet to even give us a teaser trailer, Liam Neeson (Silence) remains atop the... Read More
2016 International Documentary Association (IDA) Nominations include 13TH, White Helmets, O.J.: Made in America
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The documentary race is starting to take shape. After the recent announcements of the submitted Feature and Shorts in the Documentary... Read More
2017 Oscars: Best Picture, Musicals, and Original Screenplays and Where La La Land Fits
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The last original musical to win Best Picture with an Original Screenplay nomination was 2011’s The Artist, which also won... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Natalie Portman (Jackie) and Emma Stone (La La Land) are in a dead heat, fighting out what could be the toughest... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Very little to report for Best Actor this month as we have the same lineup as last month, minus Joe Alwyn... Read More
2016 British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nominations: I, Daniel Blake and American Honey Hit Big
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 2016 British Independent Film Award nominations have been announced, with Ken Loach’s 2016 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or–winning I, Daniel... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As with the new Best Picture predictions, there is movement due to the failure of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk to generate... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (November)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] October brought the biggest changes and upsets in Best Picture we’ve all year. Early frontrunner Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk screened... Read More
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