How to become a film, stage and related director or producer

Official title: Film, stage and related directors and producers

Also called: Documentary director, Film editor, Motion picture director, Photography director, Stage director, Technical director, Technical television or radio director, Theatre producer

Film, stage and related directors and producers oversee and control the technical and artistic aspects of motion pictures, television or radio productions and stage shows.

Main tasks

• Choosing writers, studying scripts to determine artistic interpretation, and instructing actors on acting methods
• Directing all aspects of dramatic productions on stage, television, radio or in motion pictures, including choice of actors, and final decisions concerning costumes, set designs, sound or lighting effects
• Planning, organizing and controlling the various stages and scheduling involved in the production of presentations, motion pictures, television shows and radio programmes
• Engaging and supervising all technical personnel, and determining the treatment, scope and scheduling of production
• Maintaining production archives and negotiating royalties
• Creating, planning or writing scripts for recording, videotaping and editing programmes
• Supervising the positioning of scenery, props and lighting and sound equipment

Ways in

• University: Communications & Media degrees, Offered by 18 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Actors
• Creative and performing artists not elsewhere classified
• Announcers on radio, television and other media
• Dancers and choreographers
• Visual artists
• Musicians, singers and composers

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Questions people ask

How do I become a film, stage and related director or producer?

Ways in include: Communications & Media degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a film, stage and related director or producer?

Usually. 85% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a film, stage and related director or producer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026