FINAL 2017 Oscar Winner Predictions
Best Adapted Screenplay
|
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moonlight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Lion | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | Arrival | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Hidden Figures | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Fences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Best Original Screenplay
|
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
| 2 | Manchester By the Sea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| 3 | Hell or High Water | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | The Lobster | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | 20th Century Women | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
Best Film Editing
|
FILM EDITING
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 2 | Arrival | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | Moonlight | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Hacksaw Ridge | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Hell or High Water | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Best Cinematography
|
CINEMATOGRAPHY
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Lion | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | Moonlight | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Arrival | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Silence | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
Best Production Design
|
PRODUCTION DESIGN
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La La Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| 2 | Arrival | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| 2 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Hail, Caesar! | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Passengers | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Best Costume Design
|
COSTUME DESIGN
|
ERIK
ANDERSON |
BRYAN
BONAFEDE |
CHRIS
PEPPER |
EVAN
KOST |
JAMES
NARVEY |
KENNETH
POLISHCHUK |
JÚLIA
ALBUQUERQUE |
MONIKA
NIKOLIĆ |
RICHARD
ANTHONY |
ROBERT
SCHIRMER |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 2 | La La Land | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
| 3 | Florence Foster Jenkins | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Allied | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
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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.
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.
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