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screenwriter

[skreen-rahy-ter] / ˈskrinˌraɪ tər /


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These cultural comparisons would and should be interesting, if not for screenwriter Ajon Singh’s frustratingly shallow screenplay and Oppenheim’s stylish yet one-note direction.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Coyote vs. Acme” director Dave Green and screenwriter Samy Burch didn’t expect this kind of reaction, but they were trying to “uncover shades to these characters that we had never known before,” Green said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Author and screenwriter Juno Dawson says viewers have begun to notice a "pattern".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

But for the sake of Sunday Funday, the actor, director and screenwriter gave us a hypothetical Sunday where they actually leave their house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

My parents, Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, are both accomplished screenwriters, and my grandfather was director Elia Kazan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

BBC News spoke to Bailey, screenwriters, TV critics and former Drag Race contestants about the move and what it means for on-screen representation.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

These things are hilarious because screenwriters Christina Friel and Connor Wright clearly approached the script by trying to make everything legitimately funny, instead of assuming that provocation immediately equates to humor.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

She did her graduate work at NYU, and for three weeks the four of us stayed in the city and socialized with her former teachers and classmates—novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, poets.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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