Kiwi film editor John Gilbert hasn't yet won an Oscar, but Australia is already trying to claim his nomination as their own.
Gilbert, from Wellington, told Newstalk ZB that at a Film Australia function celebrating the country's record 14 nominations, his Best Editing nod was celebrated as a 15th.
"They
were trying to count me as an Australian but I told them to make it 14.5 - I really am a New Zealander when I comes down to it.
"New Zealand and Australia, we're just seen as the same kind of area I suppose."
Gilbert, who is nominated for Mel Gibson's WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge, says he's excited for the ceremony, but also 'vaguely terrified'.
