What is an executive producer's job?

Answer 1

Well to become a true successful movie producer it is best to receive a degree in business as a base. Producers are all about the money, there is really no artistic aspect of producing that is important, as all of the artistic aspects of a film are handled by the director and artistic teams :)

Film producers are the backbone of a movie; they hire the director and other major team members and are the backers of the production team as well as the negotiators and political lightning-rod working with the studio/investors.

Not all producer skills require education or experience. If your director needs a sofa, you may have to drive over to your mother's house and borrow hers to complete the shot. On the other hand, you also must be skilled at dealing with powerful studio executives who demand detailed progress reports. It's the producer's job to keep everyone motivated and well-supplied and bring the project in on time and under budget.

Skills important to producers include an understanding of how film production works (in order to control costs) and, in particular, an ability to work well with people. As mentioned above, you should have an understanding of how to communicate with the many kinds of people involved in shooting, editing and distributing a movie.

Many producers also discover and nurture the creative roots of film projects. It is the producer who will negotiate the rights to a book or story on which a movie is based. In TV, many producers are writers (Normal Lear, Chris Carter, Steven Bochco, James Brooks) whose dual roles allow them to keep creative control of the production of their stories.

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Answer 2

Qualifications/Experience Executive Producers may be well established Producers, who are able to strengthen a production package and attract money to the project. Alternatively, they may have a more specialised background, as a Distributor, Sales Agent or financier, and possess specific skills or contacts that make them critical to the success of the film.

Answer 3

The Executive Producers job is financing the film.

Answer:The answer above is a bit simplistic. In films there are a few different roles Executive Producers (EPs) play. Some are people who either financed at least 25% of the film, or found the financing for the film. Some are people who facilitated important connections to studios or distributors. And some are like Spielberg who have an overall vision for the film and oversee everything to make that vision happen.

In television, One of the EPs is usually the creator of the series. Most show creators also become the showrunner and/or the head writer. It doesn't always happen right away, especially if the show creator has never run a show before, so he or she is set up with a proven showrunner by the studio, who shows them the ropes so that in a year or two the creator can take over showrunning duties. Other EPs can include facilitators, Long-term directors and even other writers who have been on the show for a long time and have worked their way up to that credit. Sometimes the Line Producer, again if there long enough, gets promoted to Executive Producer.

Answer 4

No. That title is industry code for the guy who puts up the money to make the film.