Definition of screenwriter
: a writer of screenplays
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That line, by the way, is a groaner, one of a couple provided by the usually outstanding Taylor Sheridan, who returns as screenwriter.
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Also, perhaps the most exciting news of all in the world of the remake: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner is penning the screenplay.
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Most films that enter development never get produced, and the producers are just beginning to seek a screenwriter.
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Austen only finished eleven chapters of the story, but her original text has been extended into an eight-part miniseries by screenwriter Andrew Davies.
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Most films that enter development never get produced, and the producers are just beginning to seek a screenwriter.
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco has sold his Toluca Lake home for $1.75 million, or a couple thousand dollars more than when the property first came up for sale in March, records show.
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In various degrees of bluntness, screenwriter/director/executive producer James DeMonaco had a few things to say about the fear-mongering tactics that would ultimately put him there.
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In various degrees of bluntness, screenwriter/director/executive producer James DeMonaco had a few things to say about the fearmongering tactics that would ultimately put him there.
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First Known Use of screenwriter
1920
SCREENWRITER Defined for English Language Learners
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: a person who writes screenplays
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