In charge of the budget and schedule of the film. The producer's job is to get the film made with the resources at hand. This will often require that the producer talk with the director who would rather not think about such "trivial" things as money and time. The producer thinks of just about nothing other than money and time. The producer's line is: "It's really my film, the director just thinks it's his." And, "We don't have money for that."