What a Producer Does: The Art of Moviemaking

by Buck Houghton

One of Hollywood's highly respected producers offers a tour de force guide to the often neglected areas of movie production - the creative concerns, not the fund-raising aspects outlined in numerous other publications.
Houghton's guidelines on choosing stories and rendering stories into screenplays are invaluable, as are his insights into the whole of the moviemaking process - preproduction, production, and postproduction. Here are the nuts-and-bolts issues that must be understood by all filmmakers and so often evade newcomers to the business. Reading this book should be the first step that any prospective producer takes.

Genres: Film

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Tony Goins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read, not too deep but with some good nuggets. Choose good people and listen to specialists. Control what you can, but see the limits of that. Plus some nice anecdotes from the Twilight Zone.

[Charley Rogulewski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dated and very sexist. Could use an updating.

[Lyric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Given to me by my mentor after graduation from college. This book has been a wonderful read. It is very informative about the process of producing a film, and explains the role a producer plays during each step of the process. Now it is time to apply this wonderful knowledge! Wish me luck!