However, Disney executives were uncertain about giving $10-12 million to a first-time producer and director using techniques which, in most cases, had never been attempted.

As a first-time producer, he obtained a crew of about 300 people for six months.

Mr. Lipscomb, a first-time producer, likes to put his interviewees, conservative and liberal, in large, tight close-ups, which can become oppressive.

Any first-time producer knows to cut away at the moment of highest tension, to keep the audience on tenterhooks, ready to tune in next week.

To help his actress girlfriend regain her confidence a Hollywood bigshot bankrolls a small film being made by a first-time producer and director duo.

But the 30-year-old Mr. Beatty, a first-time producer, resolutely made it as an independent movie every step of the way.

A first-time producer, Sacks spent over a year trying to acquire the rights to the film from Icon.

Byrne said that there will be many first-time producers and writers for the upcoming album.

Much of the comedy is provided by the haplessness of her son and son-in-law, first-time producers.

Green was a first-time producer.