This book iS an update of the 1 985 edition£®wkch attempted tO
ailswer the somewhat elusive question of the role of the producer
in today¡¯S motion picture industry£®The business continues tO
move forward very quickly£®The need for a work defining who and
what a producer is today is as acute now as it was seven years ago£®
The movie business iS fond ofadopting the fashion ofthe times£®but
films still 1ist producers in their credits and there iS still as much
misunderstanding about what they do as there ever was£®
I have looked at the producer from many perspectives£®In my
professional career£¬I have been an attorney£¬a motion picture
agent£¬a studio executive£¬a film producer£¬a film commissioner(of
New Mexico)£®and I am presently the director of the University of
Miami¡¯S School of Communication¡¯S Film Program£®I have pro£®
duced six theatrical motion pictures(Extreme Closeup£®Westworld£¬
Futureworld¡£Capricorn One£¬Hanover Street£¬and Barbarosa)£®I have
served as head of production for three mini¡ªmajors£®In all of these
roles£¬I have had ample opportunity tO look at what the producer
does at all stages of the filmmaking process£®
It iS very clear that difierent people prefer tO do difl°Örent tasks¡ª¡ª
all under the producer¡¯S banner£®Some work on development£¬
others act as fund raisers£®others as number¡ªcrunching line produ¡ª
cers£¬and still others as unique amalgams of all of these categories£®
Each in his way performs some facet ofa producer¡¯S overall respon¡ª
sibility£ºthat of getting a motion picture developed£¬mounted£¬and
sold£®To understand the role of the producer one must understand
the process by which films get made and marketed£®
This book¡£then£¬concentrates on the role of the producer in the
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