How do they match: Producers and Directors

  • Producers and Directors

  • Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

  • Choose settings and locations for films and determine how scenes will be shot in these settings.
  • Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.
  • Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters.

  • Manage operations of artistic or entertainment departments or organizations.