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Producer

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/prəˈdjuːsə/nounCore term

In film & television, producer means: The 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.

In Turkish: yapımcı

How it is used

A producer develops, finances and oversees a project, while the director leads it creatively. Credits often list several kinds: executive producer, co-producer, line producer (who runs the day-to-day budget) and associate producer.

Example sentences

  1. The producer is still looking for a co-production partner in Germany.

  2. Our line producer says we can't afford a second shooting day at the airport.

Common collocations

  • executive producer
  • line producer
  • co-producer
  • independent producer
  • producer credit
  • 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.
  • distributorA company that buys the rights to show a film in a country or region and handles its release, marketing and delivery to cinemas or platforms.
  • pre-productionThe planning stage before filming starts, when the script is finished, the cast is chosen, locations are found and the budget and schedule are prepared.
  • showrunnerThe person in overall creative and day-to-day charge of a TV series, usually its head writer and an executive producer at the same time.

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