And just such an effort is said to be under way. Normally, anyone listed as a full producer on a movie that wins best picture is given an Oscar. But although it has not yet been announced, several producers said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was considering a rules change under which studio executives, talent managers and perhaps others who are named as producer on a film will be ineligible for an Oscar unless they can prove that they also actively worked on producing the film. The Producers Guild is also pushing for wider use of the Golden Laurel symbol next to the name of accredited producers in film credits, similar to the A.S.C. that follows the names of cinematographers accredited by the American Society of Cinematographers. The guild is negotiating with studios over the use of the symbol and urging its members to demand it.
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