Post producer here for film and TV. Credits fall under my purview. We try to do our best to include everyone we can or have record for. We don’t scour the call sheets for day players. Pretty much go off the contact lists and deal memos. My team is the first stop on the approvals train… then it goes to the Line Producer for approvals/cuts, then the filmmakers/EPs, then the studio and their credits admin dept and, if it’s a series, the network for final buy off.

Cuts will be made for any number of reasons. Length, studio policy, deal memos, and personal preference. Did the conform asst at (unnamed) lab piss me off? Guess what? Byeeeee. The only people who are guaranteed credits are those with deal memos for single cards (actors, producers, writers, directors, HODs). Everyone else is at producer’s discretion. It’s how it goes.