producer

Plural: producers

Noun

• One who creates, makes, or brings something forth.
• someone who manufactures something
• someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
• something that produces
  • "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"
  • "this microorganism is a producer of disease"
• An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
• One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
• An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
• An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
• A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Examples

• As a producer of obscure words, she often surprised her Scrabble opponents.

Synonyms

manufacturer