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Recent Examples of screenwriter
Pipeline programs for underrepresented groups have not prevented the ranks of directors, screenwriters and executives from remaining predominantly white and male.
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Real History and a Healthy Skepticism of the Hollywood Western Inspired American Primeval’s Approach
Initially looking to take up a project in the vein of the 1972 Robert Redford film Jeremiah Johnson, Berg and an already onboard Newman reached out to The Revenant screenwriter Smith.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
An early pratfall involving a faulty dishwasher proves a red herring; the director Lawrence Lamont and the screenwriter Syreeta Singleton find their best humor on the character level, in clever dialogue and sharp line deliveries from the entire ensemble.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Founded in 1909, the organization annually brings together a cadre of film industry professionals including filmmakers, actors, producers, and screenwriters to select the best content of the year.
—Sam Falb, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Real History and a Healthy Skepticism of the Hollywood Western Inspired American Primeval’s Approach
Initially looking to take up a project in the vein of the 1972 Robert Redford film Jeremiah Johnson, Berg and an already onboard Newman reached out to The Revenant screenwriter Smith.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
An early pratfall involving a faulty dishwasher proves a red herring; the director Lawrence Lamont and the screenwriter Syreeta Singleton find their best humor on the character level, in clever dialogue and sharp line deliveries from the entire ensemble.
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Founded in 1909, the organization annually brings together a cadre of film industry professionals including filmmakers, actors, producers, and screenwriters to select the best content of the year.
—Sam Falb, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
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That means dads and uncles, teachers and political leaders, Hollywood scriptwriters and podcast hosts—all could stand to get in on the game.—
Matthew Schnipper,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Karen is a talented scriptwriter who will bring the story to life on screen.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
29 Nov. 2024
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The story gained massive popularity following a stop-motion animation film by Henry Selick, and was later adapted as a musical by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was set to be helmed by Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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Each actress is given a singular story by the playwright, a tall order to pull off in the midst of the central focus – a man entirely devoted to life as a dog.—
Michelle F. Solomon and,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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There was a recent kerfuffle online as a bunch of creatives shot down a report that Netflix has writers write overly descriptive dialogue in case viewers are watching something passively (e.g. folding laundry, checking email).—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
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That looks set to continue with a new play from the veteran dramatist Howard Brenton set in 1942 and telling of a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin between Churchill and Stalin.—
Matt Wolf,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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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
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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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
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In a statement, Adams spokesman Fabien Levy didn’t say whether the mayor will let the bill become law or use his veto pen to try to block it.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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