scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter 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 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 Head scriptwriter Erik Ahrnbom (Thin Blue Line, Keep It Together) joins for season 2 alongside writers Maria Nygren (Meaning of Life, Love & Anarchy) and Martin Larsson (Keep It Together). Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
  • Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This movie very much has the biting genre sensibility that made Cody a household name — a rare feat for a screenwriter — after her Oscar win for Juno and cult hits like Jennifer’s Body.
    Jada Yuan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Great science-fiction writers, almost by definition, are masters of cognitive estrangement.
    Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Born and raised in New York, Lanie Goodman is an arts and travel writer based in the south of France since 1988.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hartford Stage is using a new adaptation by British playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, which had its world premiere just six months ago in London.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In 1955, 60-year-old Pagnol is an acclaimed playwright and filmmaker when Elle magazine commissions a weekly column about his childhood.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hammerstein is much more of a musical dramatist, and Hart is much more of a lyrical craftsman or a lyrical comedian.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The dramatist’s encounter with the audience, whether disappointing or exhilarating, is a unique, indelible experience.
    John Lahr, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Noun
  • The legislation also calls for ending the sales tax on school supplies like pens, pencils, crayons, backpacks and lunchboxes, along with energy efficient appliances for residential use, including washers, dryers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and standard-size refrigerators, among others.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
  • According to Turner, Kaiko and her littermates lived outdoors in a pen from birth until she was rescued at around nine months old.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

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