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Recent Examples of screenwriter
There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film scored a total of nine noms, including best picture, director and screenwriter.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
As the second daughter of the director, screenwriter, and producer Timothy Van Patten, she and her sisters, Grace and June, were raised on the sets of his HBO projects, including Rome, Game of Thrones, and The Sopranos.
—Gracie Wiener, Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026
Later, director and screenwriter Sofia Alvarez spent an hour on the phone with Dessen talking about the book.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film scored a total of nine noms, including best picture, director and screenwriter.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
As the second daughter of the director, screenwriter, and producer Timothy Van Patten, she and her sisters, Grace and June, were raised on the sets of his HBO projects, including Rome, Game of Thrones, and The Sopranos.
—Gracie Wiener, Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026
Later, director and screenwriter Sofia Alvarez spent an hour on the phone with Dessen talking about the book.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
Noun
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An acclaimed playwright and director, Valdez recognized the impact of seeing one’s humanity reflected on stage and screen, using theater as a tool for social change while collaborating with farmworkers.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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The playwright was driven to get his story out.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Suzuki Tsutomu, who served as both scriptwriter and producer, spoke to Variety about why Nippon TV moved early on AI, what happened when the technology surprised the production itself, and how the broadcaster is thinking about the model’s commercial future.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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And because the scriptwriters love a good story, the Rams must return to the same field as their penance.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Chris Kirschner is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the New York Yankees.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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The dramatist’s encounter with the audience, whether disappointing or exhilarating, is a unique, indelible experience.—
John Lahr,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Director Wincer and scenarist Wittliff have created a big-hearted epic that sits tall in the saddle, a vivid video display of cowboy iconography that’s got the Emmy brand all over it, and that thrillingly shows how the West can be magnificently won by Hollywood.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Simply grab a ruler, pen, and blank sheet of paper to illustrate your space by substituting the dimensions of the room in feet for inches.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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While some unions have successfully bargained for the right to supplement the QR codes with pen and paper, corporate has supposedly responded to that concession by refusing to stock more order cards.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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