AwardsWatch - 2024 Oscar Predictions

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS

Erik Anderson February 29, 2024

Lacking a Best Picture nominee, especially the shortlisted Poor Things (which won the BAFTA) and not shortlisted at all Oppenheimer (the Critics Choice winner), the... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT and LIVE ACTION SHORT

Erik Anderson February 29, 2024

The shorts categories are traditionally your Oscar pool makers or breakers. Even the avid Oscar fan hasn’t seen many or most of them so sometimes... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson February 28, 2024

Christopher Nolan. Here are my ranked final 2024 Oscar winner predictions for Best Director. 1. Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer (BAFTA, CCA, DGA, GG) 2. Justine Triet for Anatomy... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR

Erik Anderson February 27, 2024

Like Da’Vine Joy Randolph in Supporting Actress, Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) made a clean sweep of the precursors and even led regional critics wins, although... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Erik Anderson February 27, 2024

LAFCA, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, BAFTA, CCA, GG, SAG, Spirit. It’s rare that a sweep like this happens but when it does there’s not much more... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE

Erik Anderson February 26, 2024

It’s been quite a volley between The Boy and the Heron and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with wins this season, a balance that would traditionally... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING

Erik Anderson February 26, 2024

A year ago this was the easiest category to call. That image of Bradley Cooper in Maestro in old Leonard Bernstein came out and we... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Erik Anderson February 22, 2024

The dominance of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall in the non-English language film categories both before and after France opted to submit The Taste... Read More

FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE

Erik Anderson February 22, 2024

With the BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and SCL under his belt, Ludwig Göransson is set for his second Oscar for Original Score with Oppenheimer... Read More