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screenwriter

[skreen-rahy-ter] / ˈskrinˌraɪ tər /


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“He was a hell of a writer,” said screenwriter and former student Brianna Brown in an emailed statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"The high volume helps in reducing drop- offs and targeted social media ads then help bring viewers back," says Sajal Kumar, a screenwriter who leads the content team at Kuku.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Other testimony comes from the Belgian Luc Dardenne, the Japanese Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Taiwanese Tsai Ming-liang and the memoirs of Ozu associates including screenwriter Kogo Noda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The sequel, from returning director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, doesn’t find its own footing until it acknowledges that a Cinderella story about making it in journalism no longer fits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In the late 1960s, the screenwriter Norman Lear produced a television sitcom pilot for a show called All in the Family.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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