[Ads-l] Executive producer

Tue Apr 18 02:58:16 UTC 2017

James A. Landau wrote:
> I seem to recall that recently someone posted a URL on this list that
> pointed to an article or page or something about the meaning of
> "executive producer" and related terms.
>
> Unfortunately I cannot find that post.  Could someone please point
> me to it?

This might be helpful to you (and others) when attempting to find
recent mailing list discussions in the future.

Visit the ADS archive
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/

Select the March 2017 threads
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-March/thread.html

Search for "Executive" and select an article titled "Executive
producers and such" by David Daniel
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-March/147252.html

[Begin excerpt]
I seem to remember there was a discussion a while back about the
various producer and executive-producer roles in the movies. The
Straight Dope has an article today that explains quite a lot.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3334/what-do-movie-production-credits-mean?
DAD
[End excerpt]

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