The WGA is holding a membership referendum on a proposed change to its credit rules that if approved could give screen credits to hundreds of feature film writers who currently aren’t eligible to receive them.
The referendum would authorize the use of an “Additional Literary Material” credit for all participating writers who do not otherwise receive writing credits on motion pictures.“Currently, many screenwriters who have worked for weeks or months on a project do not receive any on-screen credit, nor are they listed in online databases,” the guild’s Screen Credits Review Committee, which proposed the rules change, said in a letter to members Tuesday. “By comparison, every crew member – even someone who works for only one day – will see
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