Also Known As: Prod. The chief of staff of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director, who is head of the line. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. See also associate producer, co-producer, executive producer, line producer, Producer's Guild of America. Factual Movie(s): Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), Battle Over Citizen Kane, The (1996) (TV)