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Zhang is also at work on Skyway, with The Fighter screenwriters Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson penning the script.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
This heretical policy gets some support from yet another rigid convention, that of credits, which separates directors from screenwriters.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The screenwriter, Robert Kaplow, constructed his script based on letters between Hart and a Yale student named Elizabeth—and earned his first Oscar nomination today for his effort.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
Also a screenwriter, Diliberti’s credits in that arena include Ruben Fleischer’s comedy 30 Minutes or Less for Columbia Pictures.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
This heretical policy gets some support from yet another rigid convention, that of credits, which separates directors from screenwriters.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The screenwriter, Robert Kaplow, constructed his script based on letters between Hart and a Yale student named Elizabeth—and earned his first Oscar nomination today for his effort.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
Also a screenwriter, Diliberti’s credits in that arena include Ruben Fleischer’s comedy 30 Minutes or Less for Columbia Pictures.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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