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Executive producers are investors. Line producers are managers Producers are ceos or presidents.
by wizardforhire 3y ago
Executive producers are investors.
Line producers are managers
Producers are ceos or presidents.
- cbsmith 3y agoIn reality, these lines are a lot blurrier. Executive producers usually are investors, but they're not necessarily the primary investors. Definitionally, they're responsible for the financing of the film. Producers on the other hand, are, in theory responsible for managing expenditure of the investment (making the film), very much like a CEO/President as you describe.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI would have thought producer is akin to a board of directors, and director is akin to CEO.
- cbsmith 3y agoThe director is the person who actually crafts the movie. They don't necessarily have anything to do with managing the money. Sometimes you have producer-directors, but it's like a restaurant that is owned by the chef.
- bazoom42 3y agoThe director is responsible for what ends up on the screen, but not for ensuring the crew gets food.
- qingcharles 3y agoNot necessarily are producers involved in any budgeting. My First Wife and I were producers on a film that was made from a stage script of her. Our role as producers gave us vetoes on screenplay changes and gave us a hand in the production, plus royalties, but we had no hand in securing the budget or spending it.
- cbsmith 3y agoYeah, hence the "in theory". In practice, titles and roles are often weird on film sets. Don't even get me started on "associate producers"...