IndieWire has received 10 nominations for the 2025 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including Best Entertainment Website, which honors the contributions of the entire staff. Nine stories were also nominated in individual categories, with a mix of IndieWire staff members and freelance contributors being honored for their writing and video work on the site.
IndieWire Executive Producer Mary Pelloni and VP, Features Strategy Chris O’Falt are nominated in the Multimedia Package category for “Career Blueprint: It All Led to ‘Dune,’” which tracked the career of Denis Villeneuve.
IndieWire Digital Director Christian Blauvelt received a nomination in the Obituary/Appreciation, Film Personalities category for “David Lynch Dead at 78: The World’s Most Influential Filmmaker Redefined Cinema — and Became an Adjective.”
Freelance contributor Fred Schruers was also nominated in the same category for “Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes.”
IndieWire Features Writer Jim Hemphill…