Motion Picture Sound Editors Winners: Birdman, American Sniper, Unbroken
The winners of the 62nd annual Golden Reels, the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) awards, honored the year’s best work in the various areas of sound editing:... 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.
Makeup & Hairstylists Guild Winners: ‘Guardians,’ ‘Budapest,’ ‘Birdman’ Share Top Awards
Guardians of the Galaxy and The Grand Budapest Hotel won two awards from the Makeup and Hairstylists guild and Birdman continued its guild streak... Read More
Cinema Audio Society Winners: Birdman Takes Out the Sniper
Birdman chalked up yet another guild win, this time from the Cinema Audio Society which recognizes achievement in Sound Mixing. It bested American Sniper, which... Read More
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Winners: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘The Imitation Game’ Win Top Awards
The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game have won the Writers Guild of America’s top honors, for Original and Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Each are... Read More
INTERVIEW: Razzies Founder John Wilson
With just a week away until the Golden Raspberry (Razzies) winners are announced our very own Jeff Beachnau, of the wickedly funny Worst Picture/Best Picture... Read More
Cinema Audio Society Predictions: American Sniper or (the Unexpected Possibility of a Birdman Win)
The Cinema Audio Society Awards are this Saturday and we have some predictions on who’s going to win Best Live-Action Sound Mixing. The nominees are:... Read More
57th Grammy Awards Winners: Sam Smith’s Big Night and Beck Wins AOTY
Beck kept Beyoncé from achieving one of the only Grammys that’s been out of her grasp, Album of the Year, with his win tonight for... Read More
2015 BAFTA Winners: Boyhood Plucks Birdman’s Wings
The EE British Academy Film Awards have chosen Boyhood as the best film of 2014. The film also won Director for Richard Linklater and Supporting... Read More
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Winners – Iñárritu Beats Linklater
Well, it happened; Alejandro G. Iñárritu has won the Directors Guild of America award for Best Director of 2014 for Birdman, besting perceived frontrunner Richard... Read More
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards are this Sunday and it finds itself with Oscar bloggers on the edge of their... Read More
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Announce Dates for 2027 and 2028 Awards 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 148 – ‘Peeping Tom’ (Powell, 1960) 
2026 Chicago Critics Film Festival top Open with Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite,’ Announces Special Guests and Recipients of 2026 Emerging Critics Grant 
The 79th Cannes Film Festival Lineup is Here, With A Strong Global Slate of Films from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristian Mungiu, Jane Schoenbrun, and More