scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter 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 The scriptwriter is Marek Epstein. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Sep. 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
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011.
    Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • An InStyle writer shares the surprisingly affordable perfume that earns her more compliments than her luxury fragrances.
    Melony Forcier, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Smith, the playwright, isn’t holding back her enthusiasm for the source material.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The stage version is being written by Olivier and BAFTA award-winner Stef Smith, a playwright whose credentials signal the production is in accomplished hands.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • These tidbits of excellence suggest his pen and flow can still get the job done; why strive for greatness in a far more complicated way?
    Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Let this be your sign to enter into some ol’ fashioned pen-to-paper correspondences in 2026.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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