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The series is the last one from the late Norman Lear, a pioneering screenwriter and producer known for creating socially relevant sitcoms.
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James Factora, Them, 6 Feb. 2025
Stone’s mother was an actress, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist who wrote under the name Spellman Stone, so pseudonyms were a family tradition.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
Director Josh Ruben, along with screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, craftily concocts a sweetly sinister genre mashup, blending romantic comedy tropes with slasher movie fodder.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
In recent years, Byrd has pivoted to bringing more stories to the big screen and television as an executive producer, screenwriter and even as a director.
—Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
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James Factora, Them, 6 Feb. 2025
Stone’s mother was an actress, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist who wrote under the name Spellman Stone, so pseudonyms were a family tradition.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
Director Josh Ruben, along with screenwriters Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, craftily concocts a sweetly sinister genre mashup, blending romantic comedy tropes with slasher movie fodder.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
In recent years, Byrd has pivoted to bringing more stories to the big screen and television as an executive producer, screenwriter and even as a director.
—Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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