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Producers and Directors
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.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.Mostly human for now
- 03Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.Mostly human for now
- 04Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.Mostly human for now
- 08Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss9%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
47%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 57% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.
- Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.
- Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.