Producing and "Citizen Kane" response paper
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“One of the reasons I am successful as a producer is that I've been a very successful housewife.” --Frances Mcdormand, academy award-winning best actress for Fargo and three billboards outside ebbing, Missouri, produced every secret thing
producing
Supervises and oversees the making of the film through all phases of production
Develops the film with screenwriters and director
Secures financing (if independent) or “greenlights” (if studio)
Manages schedule and budget
Manages logistical operations of the film
producers
Some producers may not actually work on specific film; position can be more titular than actual
Producer or Creative Producer
Executive Producer
Line Producer
Associate Producer or Co-Producer
Production Coordinator or Unit Production Manager (UPM)
Highest grossing producers of all-Time
| Person (Click to view) | Total Gross | # Movies / Average | #1 Picture | Gross | |
| Kevin Feige | $8,826.3 | 33 | $267.5 | Black Panther | $700.1 |
| Steven Spielberg | $8,184.4 | 71 | $115.3 | Jurassic World | $652.3 |
| Kathleen Kennedy | $7,741.1 | 61 | $126.9 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $936.7 |
| Stan Lee | $6,907.3 | 34 | $203.2 | The Avengers | $623.4 |
| Frank Marshall | $5,852.4 | 59 | $99.2 | Jurassic World | $652.3 |
| Thomas Tull | $5,754.2 | 39 | $147.5 | Jurassic World | $652.3 |
| Arnon Milchan | $4,977.2 | 118 | $42.2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | $219.6 |
| Jerry Bruckheimer | $4,892.4 | 44 | $111.2 | Dead Man's Chest | $423.3 |
| Brian Grazer | $4,183.6 | 66 | $63.4 | The Grinch | $260.0 |
| Roger Birnbaum | $4,074.5 | 79 | $51.6 | Bruce Almighty | $242.8 |
Citizen Kane (1941)
Orson Welles (Director), Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles (Screenwriters), Gregg Toland (Director of Photography), Van Nest Polglase (Art Director)
Nominated for nine Academy Awards, only won Best Original Screenplay.
1st on AFI’s list of 100 best films in 100 years (10th anniversary update)
2nd on Sight & Sound, British Film Institute critics poll (50 years at top, in 2018 overtaken)
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