, which is being distributed by Amazon, is nominated for best documentary feature, Abrams will personally be considered an Oscar nominee, and if it is chosen as the winner she will personally take home a statuette.
The Academy defers to the PGA when it comes to determining who is eligible for recognition for a documentary feature — itsstate that"Normally two or three persons may be named as nominees, one of whom must be the credited director who exercised directorial control, and the other of whom must have a director or producer credit. If a producer is named, that individual must have performed a major portion of the producing functions, in accordance with Academy producer criteria...
Garbus and Cogan, who are married, consistently work together and are officially a PGA-sanctioned Producing Partnership, meaning they count for just one producing slot, paving the way for a fourth individual who was given the PGA mark by the PGA's Producing Partnership Panel — Abrams — to be designated as nomination-eligible.
Could this designation for Abrams make a difference for the film in a tight contest between 15 docs vying for the votes of the Academy's documentary branch to make the final five? Quite possibly, as there are more than a few people in Hollywood who are extremely grateful to her for helping to prevent four more years ofWhatever happens with the Academy, Abrams has already been nominated formajor award this year in recognition of her work in Georgia and across America: the Nobel Peace Prize.
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