Many are self-employed. Film, television and radio producers manage the production of motion pictures, television shows and radio programs. Directors interpret scripts, select casts and direct performers and other aspects of productions. Record producers plan and coordinate musical recordings. Directors of photography plan and coordinate the photography of motion pictures.
Conductors select and interpret musical works, and lead bands, orchestras and choirs.
Arrangers adapt and modify musical compositions to convey desired themes. Musicians play one or more instruments. Singers sing musical arrangements. Actors perform roles in motion picture, television and radio productions. Painters, sculptors and other visual artists create original paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings and other art works.