A method for producing a polyimide precursor, including: reacting tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following General Formula (1) with a diamine compound represented by the following General Formula (2) in a compressive fluid to thereby produce a polyimide precursor represented by the following Formula (3): where, X in the General Formulae (1) and (3) denotes a tetravalent aromatic group or a tetravalent alicyclic group, Y in the General Formulae (2) and (3) denotes a divalent organic group, and n denotes the number of repetitions.