Development executive

In film production, a development executive (often called DE for short) is a high-level position generally above a Creative Executive on the Studio Executive totem pole, their duties are tasked with reading scripts and finding source material which can be turned into motion picture content (feature films, television series, television movies).

References

[1] What A Development Exec Does [2] Interview with Development Exec Chris Clarke [3] Interview with Development Exec Jenna Gelfand