Creative consultant

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Creative consultant is a credit that has - particularly in the past - been given to screenwriters who have “doctored” a movie screenplay. It is often given by producers in lieu of official credit. Those given this credit in the TV field are involved in the writing process (editing story outlines/scripts), casting roles, and hiring/firing writers, producers, and directors.

The Writers Guild of America disapproves of the credit. In 1993, the producers of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective were fined by the WGA for giving writer Steve Oedekerk a Creative Consultant credit.^{[citation needed]}