screenwriter

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Recent Examples of screenwriter The actress and screenwriter coordinated her dress to the statue’s gleaming hue, sporting a yellow tiered midi dress by Rachel Gilbert. Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024 This leads Winslet’s character, now in L.A., to befriend an aging screenwriter played by Eli Wallach and (eventually) fall for a kindhearted composer played by Jack Black. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024 Penned by The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith, the ensemble series also stars Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Derek Hinkey, Joe Tippett, Jai Courtney, Preston Mota, Shawnee Pourier, and Shea Whigham. Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Watch on Deadline Kiwi novelist and screenwriter Catton is penning the screenplay. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for screenwriter 
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Noun
  • Karen is a talented scriptwriter who will bring the story to life on screen.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
  • As in the production chain, giving space to the talent of women and pushing for their inclusion in front of and behind the camera — as scriptwriters, directors, and cinematographers — is a public service duty and a strategic choice.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • David Schweizer, a theater director who championed emerging playwrights and worked at Baltimore Center Stage, died of a heart attack Dec. 5 in New York City.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Project, which Dawson is producing, is adapted from award-winning playwright Edwin Sanchez’s show of the same name.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Boomer created the original series and returns as writer and executive producer.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Wonho Frank Lee The entrance Photo : Wonho Frank Lee The dining room Tori Latham Tori Latham is a digital staff writer at Robb Report.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As a dramatist, Baker has long excelled at conveying complex emotion with something as simple as a pause, and the silences of Janet Planet are just as powerful on the big screen.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But great dramatists recognize that our lives exist largely in gray zones, and that no ideology can contain our contradictory humanity.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • The native of Managua, Nicaragua was known for his versatility out of the Yankees' pen, even making 11 starts from 2018-20.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The deal could boost availability of the drugs because Catalent is the main supplier of fill-finish work, which involves filling and packaging syringes and injection pens for Wegovy and Ozempic.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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