How to Use screenwriter in a Sentence
screenwriter
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Your screenwriter has said the bear is not the bad guy in this movie.
— Vulture, 1 Mar. 2023 -
One was to a big-time screenwriter, and the other was to a novelist.
— Andrew Marzoni, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Eleanor Berstein, the screenwriter for the movie, vacationed at Grossinger's as a child.
— Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022 -
The Second Part screenwriter Matthew Fogel wrote the script.
— Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022 -
Is there a career out there for you later as a screenwriter?
— Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Then there is Marshall Pope, the screenwriter of the Only Murders film.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 -
So too, is the effect of the twin strikes in Hollywood by screenwriters and actors.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The latest update was in June 2024, when Eric Pearson joined the film as the new screenwriter.
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024 -
My date was a fellow screenwriter who had worn a Hawaiian shirt, smiled and asked a few good questions.
— William Keiser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Frank is co-writing the script with the novelist and screenwriter Megan Abbott.
— Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 -
The first-time screenwriters also developed a tight bond with Williams while filming the movie.
— Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023 -
The industry’s rank-and-file screenwriters have been off the job for nearly 100 days, and screen actors have been on strike for more than three weeks.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Star Nia Vardalos returns as the screenwriter for the third film and, for the first time, serves as the latest entry’s director.
— Charna Flam, Variety, 11 May 2023 -
Then Will Tracy, a screenwriter of ‘Succession,’ came on board and wrote the story.
— Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2024 -
At the beginning of the movie, even though it's written by a screenwriter and not her words, she is obsessed with losing those four pounds.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2023 -
Perry said singer Stephen Malkmus wanted to hire a screenwriter to make a movie about the band but without a screenplay.
— Wowee Zowee, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022 -
So much so that Mean Girls screenwriter Tina Fey used him as a resource for her own crafty endeavors.
— Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023 -
Peters cowrote the movie's script with screenwriters Sam Freilich and Deering Regan.
— Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024 -
The journeyman artist is a painter, screenwriter, film director, but most of all an author of all things spooky and weird.
— Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022 -
That being said, Sarandos doesn’t think AI will be able to replace the best screenwriter or actor.
— Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 May 2024 -
In short order, the director hits on her, a screenwriter (Jude Law) hits on her, and a heartthrob star (Diego Luna) hits on her.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024 -
That's not a credit to the four screenwriters, but a testament that even bad writing can be salvaged with the right actors.
— Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024 -
On the other are the creatives: Abbasi, screenwriter Gabriel Sherman and the on-the-ground producers and crew, some of whom have been working on this film since 2017.
— Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 -
He’s set to star in a limited series about the Boeing 737 Max crashes from the screenwriter of Argo.
— Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 -
The film is written by first-time feature screenwriter Sam Stefanak.
— Katcy Stephan, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Followers of Black sent their well wishes to the screenwriter under his post.
— Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022 -
Being producers kept you on the project, even when the studio had doubts and replaced you as screenwriters at one point, only to bring you back.
— Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024 -
Most of the talent from this year’s lineup of films isn’t at the festival because of the twin labor strikes that have left actors and screenwriters on the picket lines.
— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo, Brazil.
— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 -
This kid trades script notes with an Oscar-winning screenwriter over French fries at a diner in Studio City.
— Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
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