Filmmaker occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Filmmaker as occupation, cycle as the other filter

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation FILMMAKER and the 2008 election cycle. The intersection is $450,423 ($450,423), 439 contributions, and 197 donors. 8.3% of Filmmaker occupation dollars ($5,442,487) fall in 2008. 2008 is a presidential-year production-title cell: 439 receipts from 197 donors, still a string match rather than a credits database.

Filmmaker is a one-word production title as typed, not a guild recode. Nearby strings — FILM PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, and DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER — stay on other pages. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $450,423 or $5,442,487. Producer and Director remain other occupation keys even when the work is film. The FEC file does not verify a union card, a festival credit, or a production company.

The FILMMAKER string across cycles

On the occupation side, $5,442,487 ($5.4 million) is the Filmmaker total across cycles. The 2008 cell is 8.3% of that roll; the remaining $4,992,064 sits in other years on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Filmmaker is not a credits database and not a box-office ranking. Filmmaker is not a DGA/PGA roster, an IMDb credit list, or a studio PAC.

Open Filmmaker donations for the $5,442,487 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Receipts and donor keys inside this cycle cell

Inside the 2008 cell, 439 itemized contributions map to 197 donors. That is about 2.2 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $1,026; dollars per donor average about $2,286. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

2008 is a presidential-year FEC clock. Primaries, the general election, and leftover receipts from adjacent months can share the same even-year label. This packet does not split dollars by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Filmmaker row. 197 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $450,423.

Two dollar columns, one occupation and one year

Keep $450,423 attached to 2008 and $5,442,487 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder ($4,992,064) that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award or a USAspending obligation. Quote $450,423 with both nouns: Filmmaker and 2008.

What a Filmmaker cycle join cannot claim

Matching Filmmaker with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Filmmaker donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a DGA/PGA roster, an IMDb credit list, or a studio PAC.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $450,423. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

Linked filmmaker hub, cycle hub, and sibling titles

Filmmaker donations holds the $5,442,487 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Filmmaker. All occupations places FILMMAKER beside other titles without merging sibling strings (FILM PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, and DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $450,423 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Filmmaker dollars ($5,442,487). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $450,423, 439 contributions, 197 donors, 8.3% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use. Amended individual contribution reports can move $450,423; a later harvest of the same occupation string can move $5,442,487. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved.

Questions

How much did Filmmaker-labeled donors give in 2008?

The Filmmaker grouping’s 2008 cell is $450,423 in itemized individual contributions, from 439 contributions and 197 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $5,442,487 all-cycle occupation total.

Does Filmmaker include producers and directors?

This join uses the string FILMMAKER only. Producer, Director, and Film Producer are other occupation keys if filers used those words. The FEC file does not recode them into FILMMAKER or confirm a union card or a released title. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Filmmaker in 2008 is $450,423 on 439 receipts from 197 donors.

What share of Filmmaker FEC money fell in 2008?

About 8.3%. $450,423 divided by $5,442,487 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about $4,992,064 on the occupation hub. See the Filmmaker occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Filmmaker 2008 money fund federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $450,423 is itemized receipts tagged FILMMAKER in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.