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

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

Changes in movie distribution (film) and marketing in the 1970s and 1980s gave rise to the modern-day phenomenon of the Hollywood blockbuster (entertainment), 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 film industry.

Traditionally, the producer is considered the chief of staff while the director is in charge of the line. This "staff and line" organization mirrors that of most large corporations and the military. Under this arrangement, the producer has overall control of the project and can terminate the director, but the director actually makes the film. The "line producer" is thus a producer who assists with day-to-day financial and production concerns "on the line" as the film is being made.

Types of producers

Executive Producer: In major productions, usually a representative or Chief executive officer of the film studio, although the title may be given as an honorarium to a major investor. Often oversees the financial, administrative, and creative aspects of production, though not technical aspects. In smaller companies or independent projects, may be synonymous with creator/writer.
Producer: the "classic" definition of 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: A producer who generally reports to the (Executive) Producer and is more involved in the day-to-day production. He or she is the provider of money to finance a project. In independent projects, the title connotes an involvement in the inception of the production.
Associate Producer: Usually acts as a representative of the Producer, who may share financial, creative, or administrative responsibilities, delegated from that producer. Often, a title granted as a courtesy or to one who made a major financial or creative contribution to the production.
Production director: A representative of the film 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 : Usually performs managerial duties on one aspect of the production. Percieved as a "real producer."
Production Manager
Administrative Producer: Reports to the Board of Directors. Freelancers are employed by the Administrative Producer for specific tasks such as press and publicity activities, design, production management, etc.

Some notable film and telefilm producers

J.J. Abrams - Lost (TV series), Cloverfield, Alias (TV series)
Moustapha Akkad - the Halloween (1978 film)
Judd Apatow -The Cable Guy, Anchorman (film), 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad (film), Freaks and Geeks
Avi Arad, The Spider-Man Spider-Man (film)
Drew Barrymore - Never Been Kissed, Duplex, Music and Lyrics, Charlie's Angels film series.
Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli - The James Bond series
Mel Brooks - The Elephant Man (film), The Fly (1986 film), Frances, 84 Charing Cross Road
Joe Bonica, The Movie Of The Month, Movie Newsreels, 8MM films, Filmagazine, Hollywood Newsreel Magazines
Jerry Bruckheimer - Top Gun (film), Crimson Tide (movie), Con Air, National Treasure (film), Pirates of the Caribbean films
Tim Burton - The Nightmare Before Christmas, Cabin Boy, James and the Giant Peach (film), 9 (2008 film)
Ethan Coen - Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo (film)
Nora Ephron - Michael (1996 film), You've Got Mail, Bewitched (film)
Robert Evans (film producer) - Love Story (1970 film), The Godfather, Chinatown (film), The Saint (film)
Richard N. Gladstein - Finding Neverland, The Bourne Identity, Pulp Fiction, and The Cider House Rules.
Brian Grazer - Splash (film), Parenthood, Apollo 13 (film), The Grinch (film), A Beautiful Mind (film), The Da Vinci Code (film)
Matt Groening - The Simpsons, Futurama, The Simpsons Movie
Howard Kazanjian - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, Demolition Man
Kathleen Kennedy (film producer) - The Sixth Sense, Always (film), Munich (film), Jurassic Park (film) I, III, and IV, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum.
Alexander Korda - Things to Come, The Four Feathers (1939), The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film) (1940)
Gary Kurtz - the Star Wars Original trilogy (Star Wars)
Dino De Laurentiis - Waterloo (film), Death Wish (film), U-571, Hannibal (film)
George Lucas - Star Wars & Indiana Jones anthologies.
Branko Lustig - Schindler's List, Gladiator
Frank Marshall (movie producer) - The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Back to the Future trilogy, Jurassic Park to Jurassic Park IV, The Sixth Sense.
Sandeep Marwah - producer of 1000 short films
Rick McCallum - the Star Wars Prequel trilogy (Star Wars)
Walter Mirisch - West Side Story (film), The Sound of Music (film)
Hayao Miyazaki - Whisper of the Heart
Tyler Perry - Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion
Jon Peters
Julia Phillips- The Sting,Taxi Driver,Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Hal Roach - the Our Gang series
Scott Rudin - School of Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums, Clueless (film)
Harry Saltzman - The James Bond series, Battle of Britain (film), The Ipcress File (film)
David O. Selznick - King Kong (1933 film), Gone with the Wind (film)
Joel Silver - The Matrix series, Lethal Weapon series, Predator (film)
Sam Spiegel - The African Queen, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia (film)
Steven Spielberg - Goonies, E.T., Poltergeist
Irving Thalberg - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Grand Hotel (film), A Night at the Opera (film)
Fran Walsh - The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, King Kong (2005 film), The Lovely Bones (film), Halo (film)
Hal B. Wallis - The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), Casablanca (film), Elvis Presley films
Harvey Weinstein
Ralph Winter - Star Trek V, Star Trek VI, X-Men (film), Fantastic Four (2005 film), X2: X-Men United
Andrew G. Vajna - Rambo series, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Saul Zaentz - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), Amadeus, The English Patient
Robert Zemeckis - The Frighteners, Matchstick Men, Monster House
Darryl F. Zanuck - many Shirley Temple movies, The Grapes of Wrath (film), All About Eve, The Longest Day (film)