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The alignment with screenwriters and craftspeople was just incidental.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
The screenwriter is also known for writing the 2020 movie Zola and this year’s movies The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick and Erupcja.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
For a spec screenwriter looking for a way into the studio system, few things are better than landing on The Black List.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Toward that end, Blumhouse gave Cawthon — Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’s sole screenwriter and one of its producers — free rein to tailor its action for the games’ superfandom.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
The screenwriter is also known for writing the 2020 movie Zola and this year’s movies The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick and Erupcja.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
For a spec screenwriter looking for a way into the studio system, few things are better than landing on The Black List.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025
Toward that end, Blumhouse gave Cawthon — Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’s sole screenwriter and one of its producers — free rein to tailor its action for the games’ superfandom.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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