NOC 2021 · 51120 · TEER 1
Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
Unit group 51120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Producers, directors, choreographers and professionals in related occupations oversee and control the technical and artistic aspects of film, television, video game, radio, dance and theatre productions. They are employed by film production companies, radio and television stations, video game companies, broadcast departments, advertising companies, sound recording studios, record production companies and dance companies. They may also be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- art director - graphic design
- art director - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- artistic director - motion picture
- assistant director
- assistant director - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- audiovisual (AV) producer
- broadcasting director
- broadcasting producer
- broadcasting sports director
- casting director
- choreographer
- cinematographer
- cyber-choreographer
- director - motion picture
- director - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- director of photography
- film director
- film editor
- film producer
- filmmaker
- floor director - performing arts
- motion picture director
- motion picture producer
- motion picture production director
- movie director
- movie producer
- multimedia audio producer
- performing arts artistic director
- producer - performing arts
- producer-director
- production designer - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- production director - motion picture
- program director - broadcasting
- radio director
- radio producer
- record producer
- recording director
- stage director - performing arts
- stage producer
- technical director - broadcasting
- technical director - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- technical producer
- technical producer - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- television director
- television director-producer
- television producer
- video director
- video game art director
- video game producer
- video games project manager
- video illustrator - multimedia work
- video maker
- video producer
- visual effects (VFX) production manager
- visual effects producer
- visual effects project manager
- visual effects technical director - motion pictures
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.