The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the final roster of producers nominated in the Best Picture category for the 79th Annual Academy Awards®:

 

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

 

The Departed (Warner Bros.)

Graham King, Producer

 

Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.)

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

 

Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)

David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers

 

The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

 

The producers of the films The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine were not announced on January 23. The nominees for these 2 pictures were determined by the executive committee at a meeting on Jan 25.