January 22, 2009 - “Made in NY” films are well represented among the nominees for the 81st annual Academy Awards as they were announced Thursday, January 22.

Doubt, the Miramax film which shot on location in New York City in late 2007 and early 2008, was nominated for five awards, including four in the acting categories.

Meryl Streep earned her fifteenth Oscar nomination for her leading role as Sister Aloysius, the headmistress at a Catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s. Her co-stars Amy Adams and Viola Davis were both nominated for their supporting roles in the film as was Philip Seymour Hoffman in his supporting role as a parish priest cast under the suspicion of doubt. Writer-director John Patrick Shanley was nominated for his adapted screenplay as well.

In addition, Richard Jenkins was nominated for his leading role in The Visitor from Overture Films. The “Made in NY” film follows a college professor who returns to his New York apartment to find a young couple living there.

“Made in NY” is a mark of distinction granted to productions that shoot the majority of their project in New York City.

The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, February 22, 2009. For a full list of nominees, visit http://www.oscars.org/.