Talk:Greg Daniels/@comment-68.195.89.243-20130415183300/@comment-173.16.220.187-20200314073414

Creator comes up with an idea, developer is the one who actually does the work. Or in the case of the office, picks it up.

Ricky and Stephen came up with the idea and characters of The Office in the U.K. And when they wanted to make an American version, Greg Daniels came up with American characters based off the U.K. characters. He can't be considered the "creator" of the Office, so he's titled a developer.

Imagine you had an idea for a sitcom about a woman whose dog turns into a man, and they fall in love... and you pitch the idea and sell it to CBS.. Then what's his face from Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory comes along and casts and writes the show and is the show runner. You're the creator, he's the developer. He's doing the work, but it was your idea.