A
unit production manager (
UPM) is the
Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top
below-the-line staff position responsible for the administration of a
feature film or TV production. Alternate titles for this role on non-DGA signatory productions are
production manager or
production supervisor. He or she works closely with the project's
line producer. It is not uncommon for the line producer to function as UPM as well.