The competency model of movie producers for cross-cultural co-production projects

Abstract

Movie producers are the de facto managers and leaders of movie crews who demand a comprehensive set of communication skills to solve the hundreds of problems during daily productions. The recent rise of international co-production movies has created more and more workspaces with multicultural teams. This calls for additional cross-cultural communication skills for producers to resolve new intercultural conflicts and communication issues that have emerged in this new working environment. This paper examines the competency model of movie producers in the context of cross-cultural communication. This paper also presents a co-production case to illustrate the findings of cross-cultural communication competency theories.