script doctor

American  

noun

1. one who revises or alters a script to improve it.

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Example Sentences

Stoppard also worked as an uncredited “script doctor” on many films including “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “Schindler’s List” and “102 Dalmatians.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He had a parallel career as a Hollywood script doctor, much in demand to add sparkle to others' film scripts, and shared a best-screenplay Oscar for his entertaining contribution to Shakespeare in Love.

From BBC

But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.

From Los Angeles Times

If May’s willful invisibility seems out of character for someone in showbiz, it makes sense within the context of her career, which has toggled between big-budget features and behind-the-scenes work as a script doctor, for which she has consistently refused on-screen credit.

From Los Angeles Times

Ishtar was the brainchild of Elaine May, a legendary improvisational comedy performer who'd made a name for herself as a screenwriter, director, and script doctor throughout the 1970s and '80s.

From Salon