The Herald Sun reports
AFTER a nervous few days waiting, Australian producer Grant Hill has officially been named an Oscar nominee.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its official nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, but declined to announce the names of the three producers eligible for Oscars if best picture nominee The Tree of Life won.
The Academy producers branch executive committee called a meeting and it was announced on Friday The Tree of Life represented a "rare and extraordinary circumstance" and four producers, not three, would be allowed to represent the film.
Hill, Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad and Dede Gardner will collect Oscars if the Terrence Malick-directed drama starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn upsets best picture favourites The Artist, The Descendants or Hugo.
"The committee determined that Green, Pohlad, Gardner and Hill functioned as genuine producers of the film and would be cited in the nomination," the Academy said in a statement.
The Academy tightened its rules allowing a maximum of three producers per best picture nominee after it emerged some producers nominated in past years had limited roles in creating the movie.
The Artist has one producer, Thomas Langmann, as a nominee for best picture while War Horse has two: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy.
Australian editor Kirk Baxter will also represent Australia for his work on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at the February 26 Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood.
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