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In a statement shared with PEOPLE on Wednesday, the movie's screenwriter Peter Iliff says that Cameron added scenes to the film as its executive producer, but not enough for the Writers Guild of America to rule that he should be credited as a screenwriter.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Noted screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan, who directed and co-wrote the 1983 movie classic about a reunion of U-M grads, has donated his papers to the University of Michigan Library’s Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
The couple's son, 32-year-old screenwriter Nick Reiner, was taken into police custody on Sunday and subsequently booked for murder.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The awards, which go to one film and one television series, recognize both the authors of the original works and the screenwriters who adapted them.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Noted screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan, who directed and co-wrote the 1983 movie classic about a reunion of U-M grads, has donated his papers to the University of Michigan Library’s Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
The couple's son, 32-year-old screenwriter Nick Reiner, was taken into police custody on Sunday and subsequently booked for murder.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The awards, which go to one film and one television series, recognize both the authors of the original works and the screenwriters who adapted them.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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