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The title of executive producer (EP), or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
, television producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
, radio producer
Radio producer

A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. The producer may organize callers for talk radio, line-up music, organize show content, etc....
, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, or similar stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project.

xecutive producer of a motion picture is typically a producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 who is sometimes involved with a property that has since been option
Option (films)

In the film industry, an option is a contractual agreement between a movie studio, a production company, or a film producer and a writer, in which the producer obtains the right to buy a screenplay from the writer, before a certain date....
ed into a film, even if there was no direct input into the creative process of the film itself.






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The title of executive producer (EP), or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
, television producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
, radio producer
Radio producer

A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. The producer may organize callers for talk radio, line-up music, organize show content, etc....
, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, or similar stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project.

Motion Pictures

An executive producer of a motion picture is typically a producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 who is sometimes involved with a property that has since been option
Option (films)

In the film industry, an option is a contractual agreement between a movie studio, a production company, or a film producer and a writer, in which the producer obtains the right to buy a screenplay from the writer, before a certain date....
ed into a film, even if there was no direct input into the creative process of the film itself. e.g. authors of optioned literary works, a person who has previously owned or currently owns a property's movie rights or someone who has produced or been involved in the production of a past version of the film.

Television

In the production of a television show there may be many executive producers listed. Sometimes it may be a situation not dissimilar to the one described above for motion pictures: someone with previous involvement with a particular work, a project's financier, or someone in control of the business aspect of production. Sometimes, this title is conferred upon a celebrity or notable creator who has lent their name to a project to boost its prestige or credibility, as a recognition of newly-acquired industry status, or as a perk to the show's main star or creative force.

However, under the unusual rules for establishing writing credits on television series (where writers are often credited as "producers"), the principal writer is almost always credited as an executive producer rather than the more descriptive title of "head writer
Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an executive producer....
."

In television an executive producer might have more power than any other credited crew member — this is the case with the show runner
Show runner

Show runner , is a term used in the television in the United States industry referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television series, in other words, the person who "runs" the show....
. Generally, a show runner (still credited as an executive producer) is the creator of a series, or an influential staff writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
 on the show. His or her role is to guide the overall creative progress of the show's story over the course of a season — basically, the de facto creative director of the show — and all creative decisions (from casting to script approval) go through them. Usually, while there may be many credited "producers
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
" and "executive producers" (with varying responsibilities) on a television series, there are just one or two in the position of show runner.

For these reasons, it is not unusual for TV shows to have three sets of "Executive Producers:" Traditional EPs (Production Executives, Financiers, etc.), Head Writer(s), and Show runner(s).

Music


In the music industry, the executive producer of an album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 is often in control of the business side of production, distribution, and promotion. This role can entail obtaining financing, allocating the budget, etc. At times, the executive producer may also provide artistic input such as which songs are placed in the final cut and the order in which the songs are placed. In this instance, the executive producer is usually someone who has had input in producing
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 some of the tracks on the album. A particular executive producer's name attached to an album is sometimes used as a selling point to distributors. An example of this is Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons is an United States hard rock bassist, Singing, and actor. He is best known as "The Demon," the blood-spitting, fire-breathing, and tongue-wagging bassist in the hard rock band Kiss , an act he co-founded in the early 1970s....
 of KISS
KISS (band)

Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
 fame, who is listed on the cover credits of all artists (most of whom are new and discovered by Simmons) on his SIMMONS RECORDS label, reading "Executive Producer: Gene Simmons" in clear view. In some instances, an executive producer can be a person who "discovered" a particular act, or someone who represents an act, either as an agent
Talent agent

A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, musicians, model , and other people in various entertainment businesses....
 or a lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
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See also

  • Line producer
    Line producer

    A line producer is a key member of the production team for a motion picture. Typically, a line producer manages the budget of a motion picture. Alternatively, or in addition, they may manage the day to day physical aspects of the film production, serving a role similar to the unit production manager....
  • Unit production manager
    Unit production manager

    A Unit Production Manager is an Studio executive who is responsible for the administration of a film....


External links

  • defined in the Internet Movie Database
    Internet Movie Database

    The Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to film, actors, Television program, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media....
     Glossary
  • "What is the point of executive producers?" BBC News
    BBC News

    BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
    . 19 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7052368.stm