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But Layton’s attention to detail, mood and character development establish him as a first-class screenwriter and director, showing the style and vision of a Michael Mann and the grasp for dialogue and character like a Quentin Tarantino or Sydney Pollack.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
In January 2025, Sinclair’s close friend, the screenwriter and director Jeff Baena, died from suicide.
—Ezra Marcus, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
That said, the announcement also came with the news that the creative team behind the original film — directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, screenwriter Matthew Fogel, and composer Brian Tyler — would all return for the next adventure.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Per the filmmaker, the screenwriter was able to make a phone call to his family on Monday.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
In January 2025, Sinclair’s close friend, the screenwriter and director Jeff Baena, died from suicide.
—Ezra Marcus, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
That said, the announcement also came with the news that the creative team behind the original film — directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, screenwriter Matthew Fogel, and composer Brian Tyler — would all return for the next adventure.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Per the filmmaker, the screenwriter was able to make a phone call to his family on Monday.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
Noun
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Poets and playwrights worked alongside speechwriters on his staff.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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Paulus learned about her through Mikel’s work with V (the playwright formerly known as Eve Ensler), and Mikel was impressive enough to land a bigger role in the 2023 touring production.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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At the time, film and TV writers were boycotting major studios and fighting for fair compensation.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kyle Lucia Wu is a writer based in New York City.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He is known as the world's most famous playwright and England's greatest dramatist, but even William Shakespeare got writer's block.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 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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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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An 18-year-old man pled guilty this week to a 2024 homicide over vape pens and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, Tarrant County district attorney Phil Sorrells said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Supreme Court ruled that Trump does not have the power to impose sweeping tariffs at the stroke of a pen.—
Margie Cullen,
The Providence Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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