Though Oscar winner Jonathan Glazer claimed to speak for all three producers of The Zone of Interest, he had not run his comments by Blavatnik, according to the billionaire’s spokesperson.

Joining Glazer on Oscars stage were producer Wilson and executive producer Blavatnik. Wilson, while accepting BAFTA in February said that “we should care about innocent people being killed in Gaza or Yemen in the same way we think about innocent people being killed in Mariupol or in Israel” — a statement very much simpatico with what Glazer had to say.

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Blavatnik, 66, born to Jewish family in Soviet-era Ukraine and who now holds British and American citizenship, announced in December that he was withholding of donations to Harvard following the controversy surrounding its then-president Claudine Gay and accusations of leniency toward antisemitism.

Blavatnik maintained steely expression during Glazer’s speech, but he had not been consulted on it. “Glazwe didn’t clear the speech,” says Lisa Shields, a spokesperson for Blavatnik, “but he’s incredibly proud of the film and the accolades it has received and he doesn’t want to distract from the important themes of the movie.”

Blavatnik, who made his fortune by acquiring aluminum smelting facilities, has diversified heavily into real estate, gaming and entertainment. He financed several Warner films, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and Scorsese’s Silence.

Blavatnik is credited as exec producer on the upcoming films, Beau Is Afraid, The Iron Claw, Love Lies Bleeding, Problemista and I Saw the TV Glow.