as in screenwriter
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Recent Examples of scriptwriter
Wei, who had a career in the U.S. as host, scriptwriter and producer, is being hailed as a major new literary talent, so there will be plenty of interest at Olympia next week.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
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
Along with touch-ups, The Royal Tenenbaums star also disliked notes from studios and scriptwriters, usually rejecting them altogether in favor of his own acting instincts, Sonnenfeld said.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
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
Along with touch-ups, The Royal Tenenbaums star also disliked notes from studios and scriptwriters, usually rejecting them altogether in favor of his own acting instincts, Sonnenfeld said.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
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The film, inspired by true stories, is written by screenwriters Eva Pauné and Mirjam Ziegler.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Filmmaker Eric Aronson spent 22 years in Hollywood as a screenwriter before moving back to his native Boston and deciding to take a new approach to movies.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Follow the writer of this newsletter on social media @jimreineking.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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In line with the playwright’s other works, Mason expresses taboos through shimmering poetry and creative multipart casting that gives actors a chance to showcase their flexibility and range.—
Amanda L. Andrei,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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Unleash Mom’s creative side with a LEGO set that can create three separate things: a typewriter, a flowerpot with pen and notebook and a keytar.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 May 2025
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Shildt raced out to defend his player and continue the discussion, doing so after flicking his pen and lineup card to the side and losing his glasses.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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