2007-03-12 06:00:22 · 3 answers · asked by Erzahl 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Executive Producer is a title given to anyone of note in a movie production who doesn't actually have a real job on the movie. It can be for providing the financing, owning the source material like a script or book, they may be providing business support or technical support for the production, it can be given to celebrities who allow their name to be used to add prestige to the production or they may be the financiers representative who oversees the Producer's activity.
At the end of the day it is the Producer who controls the production and will be eligible for awards later. Executive Producers don't win Oscars or Emmys.
2007-03-12 07:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Producer is the hands-on person who oversees day-to-day operations on the making of the film. Executive Producer is a much more useless title given (often arbitrarily) to someone who helps get the film moving early on. Sometimes it's a person who invests money. Other times, it's an agent who convinces the Big Star to sign on. Still other times, it's the Big Star's friend/manager/cousin. It can even be the person who bought the rights to a book the movie is based on. The title is essentially meaningless, except to stroke the ego of the person credited.
2007-03-12 06:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by Film Jedi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The executive producer gets more money! They probably do about the same amount of work, but the executive producer gets the final word on stuff.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-12 06:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by raspberryfluff 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋