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Recent Examples of screenwriter
Pamuk is the writer, with Ertan Kurtulan the series’ screenwriter.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Dave came here in 2018, fresh from grad school, to be a screenwriter and has never found steady work.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Butt is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter.
—Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
The author and screenwriter, whose famous novel recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, produced many other works worth celebrating.
—Adriana Trigiani, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Dave came here in 2018, fresh from grad school, to be a screenwriter and has never found steady work.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
Butt is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter.
—Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
The author and screenwriter, whose famous novel recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, produced many other works worth celebrating.
—Adriana Trigiani, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
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To reflect the current moment — when discrimination against not only the LGBTQ community but also the non-binary and transgender communities — is on the rise, playwright Lee rewrote parts of his 2022 play earlier this year in San Francisco.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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If a computer can knock off a script in a matter of minutes, what does the future look like for playwrights?—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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But for all those American fans who plan to watch the Cortina Olympics, be forewarned: Hollywood’s best scriptwriters are sitting at their typewriters, pounding out the bones of a sports movie about Lindsey Vonn.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
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Famed writer and director David Mamet, who cameos in Marty Supreme, is also said to have attended Marty's clubs.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Here's a look at those astronaut medical issues and others from the history of human spaceflight by our writer Josh Dinner.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The essential New Orleans recipe, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou in 1908 to celebrate his trip to The Big Easy, is a close cousin to eggs Benedict.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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This gripping book about the short, daring life of the Elizabethan dramatist Christopher Marlowe makes an eloquent case for his work’s beauty and sly unorthodoxy.—
Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Dec. 2025
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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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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
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To become Florida law, bills need to survive committee hearings, pass votes in the House and Senate and avoid the governor’s veto pen.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Common heights for outdoor pens for dogs are 24 inches, 30 inches, 36 inches, 42 inches and 48 inches.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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