What kind of a education does a movie producer need?

1. Make a movie.
2. Credit yourself as producer.
3. Post that you're a producer, and tell us what kind of education you have.

I get the feeling that being a successful movie producer is like being a good businessman. Instinct, saavy, networking and experience is king. In other words- if you're interested, get a job in a production company and get your feet wet.

 

be jewish

 

^^Are you Jewish? Mel Gibson ask.

 

http://webfilmschool.com/video/WFS06.htm

This guys seems to know a few things

Rocket River

 

Have a bachelors degree in either Theoretical Physics or Bioengineering,

and a masters in Astrophysics.

A few HCC courses might help as well.

 

Producer is a meaty job

Stick to selling used hair gel.

 

I'm thinking either Ivy League JD and MBA, or USC Film or Media School. Don't superagents, producers and studio heads all come from the same talent pool?

Also probably just being rich and well-connected, producer is probably what Charlie Sheen or Emilio Estevez should have done out of the gate, and what Colin Hanks will be doing soon enough.

 

This is extremely wrong. It's a varying position. Sometimes it's just the title. Many head writers are Producers of their show. There are exec producers who are kind of like the show runners. Need to be good managers and understand the system.

In film it's a bit more varying. The real higher ups get to assemble the crew: director, DP, music, exec. The basically do everything and choose everything.

The exceptions are when you are dealing with guys like Nolan, Speilberg, Burton, etc. Thats only a fraction of the time.

Absolutely no one will care you took classes at UH. No one. Having a degree from a film school is something I guess. It's mainly the work you have done. You will not get a job from any class you took. You need to have many short videos that you have produced. That means casting, scheduling, and all kinds of production planning.

You can intern (unpaid) in LA and hope that you are really talented and hope that you get lucky.

This isn't something you just decide to do one day. It's a culmination of years in the film industry. Years of experience.

That doesn't mean you can't do it. It means to skip the classes and use that money on producing films.

 

Sounds like the voice of Experience.
Do you work in the industry?

Rocket River

 

Devry should have upper level courses.

Ask your campus advisor for an indepth email about it.

 

Sounds like a pipe dream.

Just sayin..

 

brah , when u cast some Persian women....don't mind inviting me to some premieres , parties , promo events

 

The education of who you know not what you know.

 

goto the Website I posted
then come back and let me know what you think

Rocket River

 

I'm actually getting into filmmaking myself...even going to school for it. You have to really be dedicated to get anywhere in the business. You cant just wake up and expect to be producing awesome movies right away...

But if you feel like winging it....watch "The Deal" with William H. Macy and do exactly what he does.

 

edit. nevermind. already said 8 times in this thread.

btw: are you talking about the p*rn industry or other?

 

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