Examples of scriptwriter in a Sentence
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That year, scriptwriter Callie Khouri picked up an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Lucky Luke — Belgium After Hergé, the most transcendent creator in French-language comics was scriptwriter René Goscinny, whose three main series — Asterix, Lucky Luke and Iznogoud — have sold millions of copies.
—Ernesto Lechner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
The era’s programmers were at the bleeding edge of niche consoles, taking it upon themselves to be designers, voice actors, and scriptwriters, inspiring those who’d learn from their mistakes in the years and decades that followed.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The scriptwriter had attempted to tell Oppenheimer’s entire life story from childhood through his early death from esophageal cancer at the age of 62.
—Kai Bird, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
This is the point in the rankings where the NFL scriptwriters start showing off.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
And the script is also written by a Latina: Mexican-American scriptwriter Cristela Alonzo.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2023
Around the same time, reports circulated that movie’s scriptwriter Jeff Loveness had also exited the film.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
The competition invited scriptwriters to submit their original concepts for a Chinese drama series about life and the various facets of love, including but not limited to romantic love.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
Lucky Luke — Belgium After Hergé, the most transcendent creator in French-language comics was scriptwriter René Goscinny, whose three main series — Asterix, Lucky Luke and Iznogoud — have sold millions of copies.
—Ernesto Lechner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
The era’s programmers were at the bleeding edge of niche consoles, taking it upon themselves to be designers, voice actors, and scriptwriters, inspiring those who’d learn from their mistakes in the years and decades that followed.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The scriptwriter had attempted to tell Oppenheimer’s entire life story from childhood through his early death from esophageal cancer at the age of 62.
—Kai Bird, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
This is the point in the rankings where the NFL scriptwriters start showing off.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
And the script is also written by a Latina: Mexican-American scriptwriter Cristela Alonzo.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2023
Around the same time, reports circulated that movie’s scriptwriter Jeff Loveness had also exited the film.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
The competition invited scriptwriters to submit their original concepts for a Chinese drama series about life and the various facets of love, including but not limited to romantic love.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
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First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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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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