AS LIVE PRODUCTION; PRODUCER RESEARCH

As part of the research for being a producer, I will be looking into 'Judd Apatow', a famous american producer. He is the founder of 'Apatow Productions' through which he produces (and sometimes directs) a range of television series and films. As a child, he was obsessed with anything with comedic elements and so in his work he predominantly focuses on the comedy genre. He started his career as a stand up comedian, this led to him becoming a writer on many shows including 'The Larry Sanders Show' in 1933. From this Apatow worked his way up, eventually becoming one of the co-executive producers on the show. From his work he earned six Emmy nominations.

Famous Producer Credits
- Anchorman; The legend of Ron Burgundy
- The 40 Year Old Virgin
- Knocked Up
- Superbad
- Step Brothers
- Bridesmaids
- This is 40

Becoming somewhat of a staple from his producer work, he tends to use a lot of the same cast for his films, especially ones that follow the same teen/coming of age comedy. For example actors Jonah Hill, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen have appeared in many of the films above that he has produced. Apatow has also been praised heavily for his ' wonderfully refreshing approach to women and comedy''. As a producer you can tell that he is someone who will only work on a project that he really connects with and is entrained by, most of the films he has produced follow similar narrative structures and themes.