As of June 2026, Producers and Directors has an AI-exposure score of 55/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Producers and Directors
More exposed than 47% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$90,360. About 12,800 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Arts, Design & Media roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.
- Compile scripts, program notes, and other material related to productions.
- Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.
- Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.
- Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects.
- Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.
- Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.
- Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.
- Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.
- Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage.
- Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility.
- Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary.
- Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.
- Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.
- Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.
- Identify and approve equipment and elements required for productions, such as scenery, lights, props, costumes, choreography, and music.
- Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.
- Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.
- Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.
- Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.
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