executive-produced

Funded and supervised

Executive-produced describes a film, television show, or other media project on which someone served as executive producer—a role that typically involves financing, deal-making, or creative oversight rather than day-to-day production work: She executive-produced three documentaries last year.

The term appears mainly in industry contexts and credits.

film

credited

Acknowledged as source

  • HollywoodAmerican film industry center
  • blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
  • studioCreative professional's workspace

financed · greenlit · supervised · developed · pitched · optioned · theatrical · distributed · box-office · screenplay

television

showrunner

TV series creative head

  • seriesOrdered set of related items
  • pilotOne who steers aircraft
  • networkInterconnected system

streaming · episodic · season · syndication · Netflix · HBO · broadcast · cable · primetime · renewal

credit

vanity

Excessive pride in oneself

royalties · billing · contractual · negotiated · associate · consulting · nominal · residuals · imprint · leverage

oversight

supervised

Directed with oversight

guided · steered · championed · developed · nurtured · mentored · collaborated · greenlighted · approved · budgeted

Opposites
production role hierarchy

executive-produceddirected

Gave guidance or orders

written · created · filmed · edited · composed

degree of involvement

executive-produceddirected

Gave guidance or orders

created · developed · supervised

production hierarchy

executive-producedcrewed

Staffed with workers

worked on · coordinated

Family

executive, produce, produced, producer, producers, producing, production, productions, productive

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Rated G