Gene Roddenberry - Creator of Star Trek.
A developer is someone who is charged with putting together the concept behind a television program. These individuals usually receive executive producer and writing credits on the show and may sometimes even direct episodes. Executive producers who are developers of a program are also referred to as showrunners.
It is not uncommon for a developer to leave a series, yet still retain credit on the opening title card or closing credit sequence of a show, long after they had departed the project.
Some series showrunners, who are no longer active executive producers on a show may be credited as supervising producers.
An example of a creator and/or developer is Gene Roddenberry, who created the Star Trek multimedia franchise. Another example is Alex Kurtzman, who is the creator and developer of the TV series Fringe.
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- Showrunner redirects to this page.
- Developer is also the name of the solution used when processing photographic prints.