Academy Determines Producer Credits for ‘The Cove’

Director Louie Psihoyos, producer Fisher Stevens are official Oscar nominees

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has determined the nominee credits for Best Documentary Feature nominee “The Cove.”

The Academy’s Documentary Branch Executive Committee says the nominees are director Louie Psihoyos and producer Fisher Stevens.

In a statement, the Academy said, "(R)ules for the documentary feature category state that a maximum of two persons may be designated as nominees, one of whom must be the credited director, and the other of whom must have a producer or director credit."

Nominees for the other films in the documentary feature category – “Burma VJ,” “Food, Inc.,” “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” and “Which Way Home” – were announced February 2 and remain unchanged.

The Oscars will be presented March 7 at the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland and televised live on ABC.

Comments