scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter The film is directed by Shiraishi Kazuya from a decades-old screenplay by the late, great scriptwriter Kasahara Kazuo (Japanese Yakuza, Battles Without Honor and Humanity). Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for scriptwriter 
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Noun
  • The screenwriter [Nach Solis], who is also a doctor, wrote the script based on real situations from his work.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Contributing Writer Jeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • About the Author James Parker James Parker is a staff writer at The Atlantic.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Every credit card article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of credit card products.
    Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 31 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • Family and friends describe Beto’s approach to drawing as either simple sketches or a torrent of pen strokes, depending on the era.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Cost concerns An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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