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Recent Examples of screenwriter
However, the playwright and screenwriter revealed that the majority of the Lilly Pulitizer-esque clothing on the show is custom-made.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 26 May 2025
Gifted screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler has been married to his wife Zinzi Evans since 2016, and the two have been a favorite of everyone’s for some time.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 May 2025
The residency is designed for directors and screenwriters working on at least their third feature film.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 May 2025
Nine Puzzles is directed by director, actor and screenwriter Yoon Jong-bin.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 26 May 2025
Gifted screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler has been married to his wife Zinzi Evans since 2016, and the two have been a favorite of everyone’s for some time.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 May 2025
The residency is designed for directors and screenwriters working on at least their third feature film.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 May 2025
Nine Puzzles is directed by director, actor and screenwriter Yoon Jong-bin.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
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Another event will feature the camp-tastic Village People origin movie, Can’t Stop the Music, featuring a discussion with original scriptwriter Bruce Vilanch.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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The award-winning actor remains the only artist in Golden Horse Awards history to have collected trophies for best actress, best scriptwriter and best director.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Wright is a playwright, screenwriter and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, among other notable works.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Later on, the English playwright Noël Coward and his partner John C. Wilson, a Broadway producer, owned the stately spread, and over the years, several stars of screen and stage used Pebbles as a summer getaway, including Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Richard Rodgers.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
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Set to John Kander and Fred Ebb's — the legendary duo behind Chicago and Cabaret — award-winning score and a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Condon's adaptation draws inspiration from the Broadway musical and the acclaimed 1976 novel of the same name by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.—
Mekishana Pierre Updated,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Today, their descendants are politely called writers.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 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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Across American history, the most devastating harm has often come from men in suits, behind desks, wielding pens and executive orders.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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When asked by the media if the final stint on used tires put him in a helpless situation, Hamilton said: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Ferrari answers questions in the media pen during the F1 Grand Prix of Spain at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on June 1, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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