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The individual or individuals who are designated by the Producer to receive the Executive Producer credit for the film for services rendered in the organization and funding of the entity producing the film.
Arranges financing, but may not be directly involved with the day-to-day productions of the film. This is sometimes conferred upon a studio executive who works with several projects simultaneously.
AKA: Executive in Charge of Production producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the filmmaking process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer.
Executive producer is a major role in the entertainment industry that is rather ambiguous and often difficult to define clearly. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only.