> > Maybe they should only allow people vote for the fields they work in. For example, only people who are or have been film editors would vote for Best Film Editing, and only people who are or have been directors would vote for Best Director.
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> Yes, they should. I remember hearing about that last year during the actual awards ceremony. You'd probably have movies nominated for Best Sound for the actual aural qualities instead of for which one had the largest explosions.

This is how it is for the nominations. Everybody can vote on the Best Picture nominations, but otherwise you only get to vote on the nominations for the field(s) you work in.

The *winners* in each category get voted on by the entire Academy. Consequently, in a lot of the specialized fields, the nomination can sometimes mean more than the win.