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ELI5: What is the difference between a director, executive producer, and producer? And how can people like Jerry Bruckheimer produce a seemingly infinite number of shows?
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**Executive Producers** are usually people who provide funding or other support to a movie, but aren't directly involved in the day-to-day production of the movie. They may pay for things or they may use their connections to secure ideal locations or actors/talent to boost the quality of the movie.

**Producers** are the actual overall project managers of the movie process. They bring together the needs of the director/s, budget folks, and acting talent to ensure the movie can get made/produced.

**Associate/Assistant** Producers are the younger/less experienced subordinates that work for the producer. They do the "busy work" associated with producing a movie, such as managing documentation or supervising filming and set work at off-site locations or at odd filming times.

**Production Assistants** are the gofers of the production set. "Go fer a coffee run" etc. They usually work very long days (12-16 hours) for little/no pay and are usually college-level or recent college graduates.