2017 Oscars: Best Actress Just Became the Category of the Year
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As if AwardsWatch wasn’t already the biggest fans of the Best Actress category (it’s always the heaviest trafficked and talked about... 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.
Jessica Chastain is coming for your guns in the ‘Miss Sloane’ trailer
Just a day after it was announced that Natalie Portman in Jackie has entered the Best Actress Oscar race, the trailer and poster for Jessica... Read More
Nicole Kidman gets career tribute at 39th Mill Valley Film Festival
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Although it may be a smaller festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival has always been a bit of a haven from... Read More
2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Shortlist
Winners to be announced in late September LOS ANGELES, CA – Eleven individual screenwriters and one writing team have been shortlisted for the 2016 Academy... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: Sound Editing and Mixing (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Here are the September Oscar predictions for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing from the Gold Rush Gang: OTHER CONTENDERS Allied Batman... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Zootopia tops Moana this month in what seems less like a mark against the latter than it is the rest of... Read More
2017 Oscar Predictions: THE SCREENPLAYS (September)
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Not a lot of movement in Adapted Screenplay from last month, other than Love and Friendship hitting the top 5 for... Read More
2016 Creative Arts Emmy Winners: Night Two – Making a Murder, Grease Live Top Night, RuPaul Makes Herstory
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After Game of Thrones swept the first night of the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys last night, they took a break from... Read More
Watch: Highlights from the HIDDEN FIGURES LIVE Concert at TIFF
Yesterday, an audience at the Toronto International Film Festival was treated to a live concert; HIDDEN FIGURES LIVE! Following select footage from HIDDEN FIGURES, with performances by... Read More
2016 Creative Arts Emmy Winners: Night One – Game of Thrones Tops Its Record, Martindale, Scolari Win
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first half of the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys were held tonight and when you go in as the top nominated... Read More
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
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