Executive producer

How it is used

Common in film and television credits for someone handling funding, partnerships, approvals, or high-level supervision of production.

Example sentences

1. The executive producer joined the budget meeting to approve extra funds for the final week of location shooting.

   Here the role is linked to financial authority and top-level approval, not to directing actors or running the set.

2. Although she was rarely on set, the executive producer secured the broadcaster's support and kept the series moving.

   In this sentence, the term highlights strategic backing and industry connections that help the production continue.

Common collocations

• executive producer credit
• executive producer approval
• serves as executive producer

Related terms

• producerThe person who makes a film or TV project happen: finding the money, hiring key people, managing the budget and schedule and seeing the project through to release.
• directorThe person who leads the creative side of a film or TV episode, guiding the actors and the crew and deciding how each scene should look and feel.

More terms: Film Crew and Roles

• cast
• crew
• cinematographer
• screenwriter
• lead role
• supporting role
• assistant director
• production designer
• film editor
• location manager
• casting director
• costume designer