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Fixer job
Trying to find out the proper job category for a fixer, sometimes known as a local fixer. When shooting in another country, a fixer is hired by the producers to make sure the shoot goes smoothly, as the fixer is supposed to have great local knowledge of all things the production is likely to run into.
It seems the vast majority of fixer jobs are in Additional Crew, but many are also found in Producer and Location Manager sections, since the job has aspects of both. Also most "local producer" jobs are in the Producer section. But there are jobs that have been combined as "fixer/local producer" that are found in several sections. It implies the jobs are the same, doesn't it? As a matter of fact, I read where fixers are sometimes called "service producers", to complicate things a little further.
Would I be wrong to:
1. Send "fixer" jobs to Additional Crew
2. Send "local producer" jobs to Producer
3. Split combo "fixer/local producer" jobs and send them to their appropriate jobs.
VonPunk
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2 years ago
Answers based on my contributing, though it is a bit of a grey area I admit.
1) I always put 'fixers' in the additional crew, oft credited as 'productions services provided by' as well, occasionally as 'location fixer'. I don't know enough to know what the difference is between that and a 'location manager' but if they were the same I'd think they'd list them as a Location manager. Majority are listed there so you'd be okay doing that in my book.
2) Yeah, I'd put that in 'Producers'
3) Depends what's in the onscreen credits, some people add themselves with bloated job titles sometimes, if both are listed like that I'd see no problem splitting them, I'd do the same when someone is listed as 'Editor/Producer' in credits.
Be interested in other peoples answers if they know more.
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eboy
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3) This should probably be a split. That goes to most (if not all) cases where two (or more) occupations are listed under one person. Some person can be e.g. sound designer/sound recordist/sound mixer (which would be three different occupations). Things like that.
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nickbianco
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In further internet searches I found this:
"Film fixers can also be referred to as “Local Fixers” who are responsible for arranging everything required for effective filming from accommodation to permits, food and more. Alternative references include production coordinators / local producers."
Seemingly this would imply that fixer and local producer are, in reality, the same thing. Problematic, because I think it's sort of counter-intuitive to send 'fixer' to the Producer section and 'local producer' to anything but the Producer section. Sounds like an official IMDb decision is needed and helpful if it were added to the Producer notes. If you think about it, all the things that fixers do sounds like a producer job to me, it's just become custom to nickname them fixers.
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