A method for producing the photoelectric conversion element includes, in carbon nanotubes including semiconducting carbon nanotubes having different chiralities from each other and metallic carbon nanotubes, changing a chirality distribution in the semiconducting carbon nanotubes, separating the carbon nanotubes into the semiconducting carbon nanotubes and the metallic carbon nanotubes after changing the chirality distribution, covering the semiconducting carbon nanotubes with a polymer after performing separating, and forming a photoelectric conversion film including the semiconducting carbon nanotubes between a pair of electrodes after performing covering with the polymer.