![]() Whereas the term Production Manager exists mostly in television, it is also a role I have found on non-union feature films as well.Ī Production Manager will usually be hired soon after the Director and he or she will be in charge of developing and managing the budget, crafting the entire shoot schedule, hiring most of the crew, organizing shoot days, spearheading important meetings, and managing the time cards each week to make sure crew is paid proper straight time, overtime, and potential meal penalties.Ī Production Manager is the logistical leader and he or she must have strong organizational skills, a keen sense of crew temperaments, an in-depth understanding of all departments and their duties, and must be very good with budget numbers and line items in the budget. ![]() It was in that role that I learned all roads lead to the Production Manager.Ī Production Manager is responsible for leading an entire production from script to screen – pre-production to post-production – on any given feature film or TV show. ![]() My first real job in television was as Production Coordinator for Nickelodeon’s Slimetime Live, a daily, live, interstitial TV show that usually ran in 4-hour blocks between normal afternoon programming on Nickelodeon for 7 seasons, 5 days a week.
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