[ecrea] call for papers for collection on film and television producers

CFP: Beyond the Bottom-Line: The Producer in Film and Television (Edited 
Collection)

Editors: Andrew Spicer, Anthony McKenna and Christopher Meir

The producer has long been one of the most overlooked and misunderstood 
figures in Screen Studies. The historical privileging of the director 
has caused an artificial distinction between creativity and commerce, 
with the director’s ‘vision’ judged responsible for a film’s artistry 
and the producer relegated to the shadowy, venal world of business and 
the ‘bottom line’. Such reductive views are now beginning to be 
challenged with several serious, scholarly and sympathetic studies of 
the producer emerging.

Abstracts are invited for contributions to a volume that will seek to 
further our understanding of the producer within a range of historical 
and theoretical contexts. Proposals on any topic related to the role of 
the producer are welcome. Possible topics could include (but are not 
limited to):

-The producer and theoretical accounts of authorship and/or creativity.

-The collaborative relationships between producers and directors; 
producers and screenwriters; producers and stars.

-‘Auteur’ Producers.

-The historical emergence of the producer as a distinct role.

-Producers in different historical periods (e.g. classical or 
post-classical Hollywood; ‘New Wave’ cinemas, etc.).

-Producers in specific national, regional and/or transnational contexts.

-Producers and genre (e.g. popular genres, documentary, avant-garde, etc.).

-Producers in specific media (e.g. film, television, new media forms 
such as music videos, web-based videos, video games, etc.).

-Cross-over producers from film to television (or vice versa).

-Understanding and defining the roles of executive, associate and 
co-producers.

-Creativity and the profit motive; understanding and accounting for 
business acumen generally.

The collection is under contract with Continuum and will be published in 
2014. Interested authors should send a 250 word abstract to Christopher 
Meir ((Christopher.meir /at/ sta.uwi.edu)) by June 30, 2012. Completed chapters 
will be between 5,000 and 8,000 words and will be due by January 31, 2013.



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