Line producer for hire in the UK
The line producer runs the day-to-day budget and schedule, hiring crew and managing spend so the shoot delivers on plan.
Are you a line producer? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest line producer is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
Line producer work near you
Is this your job? Set up your profile with your day rate and how far you travel. When a production nearby posts for the role, the nearest people are asked first and the job reaches your phone. You only take the ones you want.
What a line producer does on a shoot
- Builds and runs the budget line by line and keeps spend honest against it.
- Schedules the shoot and crews it up — rates, deals, bookings and call sheets.
- Handles the paperwork nobody else wants: insurance, permits, releases, cost reports.
How hiring a line producer works
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Post the role
Say you need a line producer, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest line producer gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a line producer
- Do I need a line producer and a production manager?
- On a bigger job, yes: the line producer owns the budget, the production manager runs the office and the logistics. On a small shoot one person covers both.
- When should a line producer start?
- Before the budget is fixed. Bringing one in after the money is committed means they can only report the problem, not prevent it — say how much prep time there is.