For the third year, the Cannes Film Market held its Producers Workshop, aimed at new and new-ish producers attending the market. One session in the series of workshops was What Kind of Producer Are You? ScreenHub’s Andrew Einspruch reports but keeps any reflections on his own identity to himself.
Deciding what kind of producer you want to be is important if you want to last in the business, according to session presenters Katriel Schory of the Israel Film Fund and Diana Elbaum of Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium). That is because of the complexity of producing movies today.
Some people are development producers, and they love the process of bringing the story and script to a point where the film can be made. They are good with content, and work well with writers and script doctors.
