Definition of 'producer'

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producer (prədjuːsəʳ , US -duːs- )

Word forms: plural producers

1. countable noun

A producer is a person whose job is to produce plays, films, programmes, or CDs.

Vanya Kewley is a freelance film producer.

...Mike Morley, the producer of Central Television's Dennis Nilsen documentary.

2. countable noun

A producer of a food or material is a company or country that grows or manufactures a large amount of it.

The estate is generally a producer of high quality wines.

...Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer.

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producer (prəˈdjuːsə )

noun

a person or thing that produces

2. British

a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design

3. US and Canadian

a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc

the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme

Compare director (sense 4)

the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record

6. economics

a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale

Compare consumer (sense 1)

7. chemistry

an apparatus or plant for making producer gas

8. (often plural) ecology

an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds

producer in American English (prəˈdusər ; prədo̅osˈər; prəˈdjusər ; prədyo̅osˈər; proʊˈdusər ; prōdo̅osˈər; proʊˈdjusər ; prōdyo̅osˈər)

noun

a person or thing that produces; specif., one who produces goods and services

Example sentences containing 'producer'

But what role will such emerging producers play in the future?

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

His brother is an established documentary producer.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

But it is the responsibility of producers not to play to these sorts of instincts.

The Sun (2007)

This is the key job of the producer but the two of them are very uplifting in the studio.

The Sun (2013)

The ruling will largely see the end of stars or their agents credited as executive producers for their programmes.

The Sun (2009)

Support services, food producers and general retailers issued the highest number of warnings.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

But prices are so low that most gas producers are loss-making.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

My father was famous and my mum's a film producer and it was all quite hectic.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

It's a whole new world of chic chefs and funky food producers.

The Sun (2013)

She has since worked as a radio producer and hosted programmes criticising the Cuban leader.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

What are the Heartbeat producers playing at?

The Sun (2008)

I always wanted to be a record producer as it seemed glamorous.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

I thought that was the producers' job.

The Sun (2013)

For a time it was the single largest producer of new jobs in the EU.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Britain's food and drink industry will also relish the opportunity to sell to a country whose domestic producers in this field are notoriously inefficient.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

This juicy Cape chardonnay comes from one of the country 's best producers.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Cats transports and processes gas on behalf of most of the major North Sea gas producers.

The Sun (2015)

Time to become a chat-show host, journalist or record producer!

Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)

The next one down worked for a film producer before she too went to South America.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Many food producers import packaging, fertiliser or machinery from Europe.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

In 2001 he was sentenced to three years' probation for stabbing a record producer.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Mind Candy has held talks with Hollywood studios and film producers.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

He subsequently worked his way up through the business, becoming one of the company 's leading producers.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Russia, the leading producer of natural gas and one of the two leading oil producers, is the global winner.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

UK Coal is the country 's biggest producer.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Quotations

There'd be a great improvement if they shot less film and more producers

Samuel Goldwyn

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British English: producer /prəˈdjuːsə/ NOUN
A producer is a person whose job is to produce plays, films, programmes, or CDs....a freelance film producer.