Los Angeles Feb 26 (IANS) The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences voted to rescind the sound mixing nomination for Greg P. Russell for his work on 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
The decision was announced on Saturday and was due to Russell s violation of Academy campaign regulations.
It had been Russell s 17th Academy Award nomination. He has never won earlier.
According to an Academy statement the decision was prompted by the discovery that Russell called his fellow members of the Academy s Sound Branch during the nominations to make them aware of his work on the film reports usatoday.com.
This was in direct violation of a campaign regulation that prohibits telephone lobbying it said.
Said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs: The Academy takes very seriously the Oscars voting process and anything - no matter how well-intentioned - that may undermine the integrity of that process.
The three other members of the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi sound-mixing team remain eligible for the award. They are Gary Summers Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth.
Paramount Studios which released the Michael Bay-directed film said: We are proud of the outstanding work done by Greg Gary Jeffrey and Mac on 13 Hours... and we celebrate their achievement.
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