A studio executive is an employee of a
film studio or a
corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and ...
doing business in the
entertainment industry.
A studio executive may be a
chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...
(CEO), a
chief financial officer (CFO), or a
chief operating officer
A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the " C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if ...
(COO), or be employed to serve in a variety of
vice presidential capacities, such as senior vice president of corporate relations.
A studio executive may oversee
production
Production may refer to:
Economics and business
* Production (economics)
* Production, the act of manufacturing goods
* Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services)
* Production as a stati ...
or may serve in a role identical to a corporation that is not involved in the entertainment industry.
''Studio executive'' is commonly used to describe someone who takes responsibility for all interests, financial or otherwise, between the film studio and the
production company
A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and v ...
of a film.
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Filmmaking occupations
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