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- ↑ "Officers, Board Members & Staff - Producers Guild of America". Producersguild.org. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". oscars.org. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "24 Frames". Los Angeles Times.
