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View synonyms for screenwriter

screenwriter

[ skreen-rahy-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.


screenwriter

/ ˈskriːnˌraɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who writes screenplays


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Other Words From

  • screen·writ·ing noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of screenwriter1

First recorded in 1920–25; screen + writer

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Example Sentences

Director Yoo Dong-hun and screenwriter Lee Jung-u were arrested for firebombing theaters.

But when she called back, Brinsley was determined to tall her about his minted screenwriter status.

Broyles, who served in Vietnam, later went on to become a Hollywood screenwriter, working on the films Apollo 13 and Cast Away.

The story “pretty much just wrote itself,” Mann said, though it “helped” that he was also a novelist and (soon) a screenwriter.

One of the ways Fincher and his screenwriter Gillian Flynn accomplished this feat of “femininity” was to give Amy agency.

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