What filmmaker donors give in federal races

A small creative pool under $5.4M

$5,442,487 is the occupation-level dollar total. 22,735 is the itemization count. 765 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $239. Mean dollars per donor record are about $7,114. Repeat giving is about 30 itemizations per donor record.

765 donor records is a narrower pool than many professional-title strings with similar dollars. The per-donor mean of about $7,114 sits above typical support-staff keys in this harvest band. The line count of 22,735 still shows substantial repeat itemizing rather than a handful of large gifts.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of production budgets allocated to politics. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no guild field, and no studio-versus-independent split.

Filmmaker is not film producer

FILM PRODUCER is a neighboring occupation key with its own facts. DIRECTOR, WRITER, and PRODUCER — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to FILMMAKER. This page cites only $5,442,487, 22,735 contributions, and 765 donors.

The FEC does not verify festival credits, union cards, or production-company filings. Documentary makers, commercial directors who typed FILMMAKER, and people who use the word as a catch-all creative title can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line, published as reported on FEC.gov.

What the dollars do not measure

$5,442,487 is not a Hollywood PAC total and not box-office revenue. Industry pages group employers. A freelance filmmaker and a staff filmmaker at a studio share this occupation string if they typed FILMMAKER. Adding occupation dollars to an entertainment industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations.

Party is not stored in the occupation column. Recipient committees are a different join. Open the FILMMAKER occupation page for recipient rows. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $5.4M.

Reading 765 donor records without a guild list

765 donor records used FILMMAKER on at least one matching itemization. That is not a Directors Guild roster and not a count of people who shipped a feature. Retired filmmakers, students who typed the title, and spouses listed with a partner’s occupation can appear. Address variants can split one person across donor records.

A contributor who listed FILMMAKER on some gifts and FILM PRODUCER on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. Occupation is stored per transaction. The 30-line repeat rate is a property of matching text, not proof of 765 unique people each giving 30 times.

How to cite FILMMAKER on FEC schedules

A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals FILMMAKER, dollars equal $5,442,487, contributions equal 22,735, donors equal 765. Name FEC Form 3/3X itemizations as the source. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total.

Use the occupations index to compare FILMMAKER with FILM PRODUCER without merging them. Independent expenditures are not contributions and are not inside $5,442,487. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($5.4M) match $5,442,487 rounded to one decimal place.

FILMMAKER as a compact creative string

FILMMAKER in this extract is $5,442,487 on 22,735 itemizations from 765 donor records, or $5.4M in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $239 per contribution and about $7,114 per donor record, with roughly 30 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. FILM PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, and WRITER remain other occupation pages unless the extract normalized them to FILMMAKER. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $5,442,487. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals FILMMAKER, dollars equal $5,442,487, contributions equal 22,735, donors equal 765. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Keep the contribution count and the donor-record count in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the shape of FILMMAKER in this extract. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query.

Questions

How much have filmmaker donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list FILMMAKER sum to $5,442,487, or $5.4M, across 22,735 contributions and 765 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of working filmmakers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are film producers included in the filmmaker total?

Only if they typed FILMMAKER. FILM PRODUCER is a separate occupation string unless the bulk extract normalized it here. This page covers FILMMAKER: $5,442,487, 22,735 contributions, and 765 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules published on FEC.gov.

Does listing FILMMAKER prove a production credit?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify festival credits or union membership. Quote 22,735 contributions and 765 donor records with the dollars. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Where can I see individual filmmaker contributions?

The FILMMAKER occupation page lists indexed itemizations. Verify amounts on FEC.gov. The occupation total is $5,442,487. Confirm surprising amounts on the committee report. Occupation matching is exact-string only. Industry pages group employers, not this occupation string. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.