[fxeditor]

In my experience Executive Producers are usually remarkably clueless but incredibly well connected people who's only job is to come in toward the end of a film's final editing/color session (known as DI) and make my life hell for a few days!

But seriously, sometimes they are actors that didn't actually act in the movie but had the clout to get the project produced. Sometimes they are studio execs (often from another studio!),the original creator of the media the movie is based on,or even a famous colorist who won't color a feature unless he gets a EP credit! All people who are getting a nice chunk of the money off these movies that never seem to make a profit! It's a nice racket if you can get into it.

Michael