This article only made it harder to understand what a producer really does. It’s chalk full of touchy-feely words like “inspiration,” “creativity,” “working with financiers,” “learning people’s work philosophies,” and tons of people loving everyone else’s “amazing talent and vision.” The closest it came to nailing anything down was a reference to “transpo and accounting.” Are producers afraid to concretely outline their roles on a movie for fear of sounding unimportant? Couldn’t someone say “I spent 50 percent of my time coordinating transportation, 25 percent working with the accountant on purchases and administrative work, and 25 percent of my time waiting to put out random fires as they arose”?