Film producer

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A film producer oversees the making of movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from inception to completion of a project.

In the early 20th century, the producer also tended to wield ultimate creative control on a film project. However, with the demise of Hollywood's studio system in the 1950s, creative control began to shift into the hands of the director.

Changes in movie distribution and marketing in the 1970s and '80s gave rise to the modern-day phenomenon of the Hollywood blockbuster, which tended to bring power back into the hands of the producer. While marketing and advertising for films accentuates the role of the director, apart from a few well-known film makers it is usually the producer who has the greatest degree of control in the American industry.

1 Types of Producers
2 Some notable film producers
3 See also
4 External links

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Types of Producers

Executive Producer: usually a representative, if not the CEO, of a motion picture production company that is producing a film, although the title may be given as an honorarium to a major investor.
Producer: the classic producer who typically has the greatest involvement and oversight among a film's various producers. In smaller companies or independent projects, may be the equivalent of the Executive Producer.
Co-Producer: usually reports to the Producer and is more involved in the day-to-day production
Associate Producer: typically a title granted as a courtesy or to one who played some role in getting the film made
Production Director: A representative of the motion picture production company assigned to the set and given the authority to act in behalf of the senior production team members.
Line Producer: oversees a film's budget and day-to-day activities
Production supervisor
Production manager