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Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2025
The scriptwriter is Marek Epstein.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2025
The scriptwriter is Marek Epstein.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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scriptwriter
noun
script·writ·er
ˈskrip-ˌtrīt-ər 
: a person who writes scripts (as screenplays for television or movies)
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