scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter Lillis worked for a time as a scriptwriter, turning in treatments of episodes of anime series like Boogiepop Phantom and K.O. Beast in the early 2000s. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024 The young producer, who is not being identified because of the risks of criticizing the government, said opportunities for her and her circle of friends — budding filmmakers, producers and scriptwriters — have dwindled. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024 The big picture: Although there is no data on crew members, past reports show that Latino directors, scriptwriters and showrunners in TV are still few and far in between, according to UCLA's yearly Hollywood diversity report. Marina E. Franco (noticias Telemundo For Axios), Axios, 11 July 2024 Shoval is a director and scriptwriter of TV and film, including Youth, which won the Best Film award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival in 2013. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for scriptwriter 
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Noun
  • John Wick 3 screenwriter Chris Collins has partnered with film producer Kelly McKee (Paterno, The Crow) and veteran entertainment attorney Ken Browning to launch a genre media production banner, Generator Entertainment.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Both actors attended the 15th Governors Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, where Grant, 64, delivered a hilarious speech honoring screenwriter Richard Curtis.
    John Russell, People.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For many older writers, minimalism becomes an increasingly vital part of their continued practice.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Staff writer Laura Lancaster’s ideal headlamp would have a single button for on, off, and red.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Honorees included playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, dancer Chloe Arnold, Kevin Hart, Tracee Ellis Ross and community activists like Arian Simone and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The book by Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham (Ink, Finding Neverland, This House) is brought to life with an Elton John score and lyrics by Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The 2016 election and the COVID pandemic: the two major moments of the past eight years that are irresistible to dramatists but are notoriously tricky to get right.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The literary award went to Norwegian dramatist and author Jon Fosse in 2023 and French author Annie Ernaux in 2022.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 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
  • Each pipe ranged in size from that of a pen to 10 meters tall.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In various locations, people may have kept them in pens, tethered them, or simply lived alongside these avian roommates.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Nov. 2024

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