screenwriter

noun

Definition of screenwriternext
as in scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of screenwriter Director/screenwriter Jake Horowitz satirizes a popular genre and delivers twists and turns with Chernick and Steenson each having a ball with their cheeky characters. — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025 The inaugural Storytelling Summit includes discussions with iconic indie producer and Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon, plus comedian/writer/actor Julio Torres, and playwright/actor/screenwriter Jeremy O. Harris. — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 House of Talkies is connected to Jain’s The Story Ink, which specializes in book-to-screen adaptations, represents over 500 stories, 200 authors, and 100 screenwriters. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025 Each year, several largely unacquainted, disparate-minded luminaries from across the film world—directors, screenwriters, actors, and, on occasion, critics—are brought together to manufacture the illusion of consensus. — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for screenwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
  1. scriptwriter
  2. playwright
  3. writer
  4. dramatist
  5. scenarist
  6. pen
Noun
  • This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Moonlighting frequently broke the fourth wall, with many of the episodes featuring the actors facing the cameras and making direct references to the audience, the scriptwriters, the network and the series itself.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of scriptwriter
Noun
  • As previously mentioned, Brewer, best known for her roles on Orange Is the New Black (2013) and The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), plays Bronte, a playwright who works for Joe at his bookstore.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • He is survived by his wife, the playwright Paula Fourie, and three children.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • Matt previously spent several years covering Palace matches for the South London Press and contributing to other publications as a freelance writer.
    — Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The fest’s jury will feature two-time Palme d’Or winner Bille August along with director and screenwriter Cristina Comencini (Don’t Tell, When the Night) and multi award-winning director/writer Paolo Genovese (Perfect Strangers).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of writer
Noun
  • White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Ackermann, like Ford, is one of fashion’s dramatists, deftly wielding strong shoulders, sinuous draping, and an audacious use of rich color in both his women’s and men’s work, an approach that garnered him the adoration of the likes of Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet—and, clearly, Mr. Ford.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of dramatist
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
Definition of scenarist
Noun
  • The liquid tint and ultra-fine applicator make for a smaller, less pigmented freckle than your average pen, giving a more realistic look.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Joon ho’s screenwriting pen is packed with obscure truths, always hinting at humanity’s ugliest tendencies and grotesque habits above all else.
    — Malik Peay, Essence, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of pen

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