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Recent Examples of scriptwriter
Lillis worked for a time as a scriptwriter, turning in treatments of episodes of anime series like Boogiepop Phantom and K.O. Beast in the early 2000s.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
The young producer, who is not being identified because of the risks of criticizing the government, said opportunities for her and her circle of friends — budding filmmakers, producers and scriptwriters — have dwindled.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The big picture: Although there is no data on crew members, past reports show that Latino directors, scriptwriters and showrunners in TV are still few and far in between, according to UCLA's yearly Hollywood diversity report.
—Marina E. Franco (noticias Telemundo For Axios), Axios, 11 July 2024
Shoval is a director and scriptwriter of TV and film, including Youth, which won the Best Film award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival in 2013.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 July 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
The young producer, who is not being identified because of the risks of criticizing the government, said opportunities for her and her circle of friends — budding filmmakers, producers and scriptwriters — have dwindled.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
The big picture: Although there is no data on crew members, past reports show that Latino directors, scriptwriters and showrunners in TV are still few and far in between, according to UCLA's yearly Hollywood diversity report.
—Marina E. Franco (noticias Telemundo For Axios), Axios, 11 July 2024
Shoval is a director and scriptwriter of TV and film, including Youth, which won the Best Film award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival in 2013.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
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Littman and Captain Phillips screenwriter Billy Ray have been organizing a phone bank in Westwood on Sunday.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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For now, screenwriters and novelists aren’t at risk of losing their jobs.Haoran Chu, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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For many older writers, minimalism becomes an increasingly vital part of their continued practice.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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The show is over-the-top melodrama, but writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan obviously chose real-life conflicts in Montana and other western states to base the plot on.Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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The humor, an integral part of the playwright’s flamboyant arsenal, is also missed.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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As if the venue weren’t gay enough, literati from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to Evan Ross Katz — the social-media-age Cindy Adams — are in attendance to toast the film.Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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The 2016 election and the COVID pandemic: the two major moments of the past eight years that are irresistible to dramatists but are notoriously tricky to get right.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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The literary award went to Norwegian dramatist and author Jon Fosse in 2023 and French author Annie Ernaux in 2022.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
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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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In the warrant, authorities further allege that Blanchard bought the teen vape pens and alcoholic beverages and sent him money — up to $9,000 — several times on Cash App.Liam Quinn, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Following their assimilation from the oral tradition into cheerleaders of literacy, the muses are seen waving pens and quills, scrolls and manuscripts in ancient artworks.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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