Producers and Directors

Low Risk
29%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
33%
(Low Risk)
POLLING
25%
(Low Risk)
Average: 29%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
8.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$82,510
or $39.67 per hour
Volume
154,470
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
7.7/10

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Calculated automation risk

33% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Originality

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

User poll

25% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 33% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Producers and Directors will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Producers and Directors' job openings is expected to rise 8.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Producers and Directors' was $82,510, or $39 per hour

'Producers and Directors' were paid 71.7% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 154,470 people employed as 'Producers and Directors' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 983 people are employed as 'Producers and Directors'.

Job description

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

SOC Code: 27-2012.00

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Craig (No chance) 4 months ago
Artistic Vision requires originality and creativity, bending the rules rather than following them completely. Working with people as well.
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Aditya Narayan Meena (No chance) 1 year ago
Robots will never be able to make Films that truly relate with Human feelings & emotions.
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Abhinaba Dutta (Highly likely) 1 year ago
I am a budding filmmaker and I feel really heart broken since it is inevitable that filmmakers, actors, writers, singers, musicians, will be replaced by AI in the future
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EC (Low) 1 year ago
requires careful interpersonal relationships, negotiation, interpretation of project needs, sourcing of appropriate suppliers, coordination of multiple resources and shifting timelines, budgets and deliverables.
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Bob Lillith (Highly likely) 1 year ago
Most entertainment is going to AI generative. Efficiency will mean one director or producer will be able to do more projects in a smaller amount of time, reducing the numbers needed. I would say not eliminated but reduced greatly
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Martin (Low) 1 year ago
One problem is that you have combined “producers“ with “directors“. These are two completely different jobs, though they are sometimes done by the same person.
Directors main role is to watch video and talk to actors. For machine learning, you would need a huge database of director comments in order to generate the necessary remarks. I’m not sure how this would be done.
Producer‘s job is to organise shoots and arrange funding. This is much easier to automate.
I would produce a risk at 40%, director risk, 20%.
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Aleksandra (Moderate) 1 year ago
AI can understand the sentiment, and emotional interactions between partners on screen, as well as analyze lighting, composition, and scripts. I wouldn't feel safe.
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R 2 years ago
If AI can eventually create a short film in UE5, why can't it make TV sitcoms? For sure, there's little creative cinematography due to time constraints, and limits, and it could even enhance the medium due to the aforementioned limits in the real world.
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Saketh 3 years ago
Robots can't be provided with perfect human emotions which is the most essential thing needed for a story writer or film director
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윤인정 3 years ago
My future job is pd.
I don't think artificial intelligence can replace my job. I think that he is a person who communicates with many people and creates programs that deliver emotions and fun to many people. I don't think robots can bring as much imagination as humans.
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Sal 8 months ago
I currently work as a producer. It's absolutely a job that can be done by AI. It requires no real creativity at all. Producers like to think they're having a creative input, but they're really not. AI could easily create Gantt charts and schedules and let the creatives be creative.
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BibirMengkeroet 2 years ago
It could be possible that AI replaces film producer/directors, however when that happen, all of workers that supposed to be coordinated by PD would already replaced by AI. If that happens, what is the point of PD anyways?
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Vishnu (No chance) 4 years ago
AI cannot perceive the infinite.
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Lemar (No chance) 5 years ago
I don’t see why there would be a need to replace human film directors with robots
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Dmytro Kozlov (Uncertain) 5 years ago
AI and Human Film director could get on with each other in a wide spectrum of directions both like operation and technology management and creative process upgrade
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