Examples of screenwriter in a Sentence
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You’re primarily known as a screenwriter and director.
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Maya Layne, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
Last year, Disney’s film and television businesses — along with other Hollywood studios — were hobbled by six months of strikes by screenwriters and actors.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Also among her survivors who work in show business: granddaughter Gia Coppola (an actress, director, screenwriter and Gian-Carlo’s daughter); actress and sister-in-law Talia Shire (the Rocky and Godfather films); and actors and nephews Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
Screenwriter Chuck Hayward masterfully reworks the blueprint drawn by originating screenwriters Neil Landau and Tara Ison (who also earn executive producer and story credits).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
The first is the care The Night Of creator and The Irishman screenwriter Steven Zaillian, who wrote and directed every episode, has taken in making it.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
The journalist, novelist, screenwriter and nonfiction author had sold the television and screen rights to his book, so when Miami New Drama’s co-founder and artistic director Michel Hausmann approached Griffin about writing a play based on it, the author initially said no.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Instead, Cabin in the Woods and The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard will serve as director, pen the script, and produce with his Goddard Textiles partner, Sarah Esberg.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
These include star Jack Nicholson, Paramount executive Robert Evans, screenwriter Robert Towne and the controversial Polanski himself.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Maya Layne, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
Last year, Disney’s film and television businesses — along with other Hollywood studios — were hobbled by six months of strikes by screenwriters and actors.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Also among her survivors who work in show business: granddaughter Gia Coppola (an actress, director, screenwriter and Gian-Carlo’s daughter); actress and sister-in-law Talia Shire (the Rocky and Godfather films); and actors and nephews Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
Screenwriter Chuck Hayward masterfully reworks the blueprint drawn by originating screenwriters Neil Landau and Tara Ison (who also earn executive producer and story credits).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
The first is the care The Night Of creator and The Irishman screenwriter Steven Zaillian, who wrote and directed every episode, has taken in making it.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
The journalist, novelist, screenwriter and nonfiction author had sold the television and screen rights to his book, so when Miami New Drama’s co-founder and artistic director Michel Hausmann approached Griffin about writing a play based on it, the author initially said no.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Instead, Cabin in the Woods and The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard will serve as director, pen the script, and produce with his Goddard Textiles partner, Sarah Esberg.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
These include star Jack Nicholson, Paramount executive Robert Evans, screenwriter Robert Towne and the controversial Polanski himself.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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