Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River Wild, Short Circuit, and American History X, and Endowed Chair of the famed Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, answers these questions and many more. Examining all the nuts and bolts of production, such as raising money and securing permissions, finding a story and developing a script, choosing a director, hiring actors, and marketing your project, So You Want to Be a Producer is a must-have resource packed with insider information and first-hand advice from top Hollywood producers, writers, and directors, offering invaluable help for beginners and professionals alike. Including a comprehensive case study of Turman’s film The Graduate, this complete guide to the movie industry’s most influential movers and shakers brims with useful tips and contains all the information you need to take your project from idea to the big screen.

This volume presents the minutes of evidence which includes evidence from David Puttnam, the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, The British Film Commission, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Alan Parker, British Screen Finance, the Federation of Entertainment Unions, the Directors Guild of Great Britain, the New Producers Alliance, the Society of Film Distributors, the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, the British Video Association, Ernst and Young, KPMG Peat Marwick, Polygram, the First Film Foundation, the BBC, Channel Four, the London Film Commission Initiative, Lord Attenborough, Mr Alexander Walker, the Societe des Realisteurs de Films, Rank Organisation Plc, the Department of National Heritage and BSKYB.