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Popular on Variety The scriptwriters are Lazarov, Ekaterina Churilova and Simeon Ventsislavov.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
The film is directed by Shiraishi Kazuya from a decades-old screenplay by the late, great scriptwriter Kasahara Kazuo (Japanese Yakuza, Battles Without Honor and Humanity).
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
The film is directed by Shiraishi Kazuya from a decades-old screenplay by the late, great scriptwriter Kasahara Kazuo (Japanese Yakuza, Battles Without Honor and Humanity).
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
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Founded in 1909, the organization annually brings together a cadre of film industry professionals including filmmakers, actors, producers, and screenwriters to select the best content of the year.—
Sam Falb,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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The romantic outing comes months after the Tony Award-winning actress filed for divorce from husband Ted Griffin, a screenwriter, in October.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
7 Jan. 2025
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That this writer had to mention the Vegas odds as a way to balance these teams is so lazy.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Rhea Wessel is an American writer and thought-leadership strategist who helps people grow their business by creating and publishing thought ...—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Movies are the great compensatory art, the creative redemption for people who are novelists, poets, musicians, playwrights, painters, photographers, or even philosophers at heart but not in practice—or those who have artistic souls but no preferred art form at all.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Signing on for privacy Related Articles Saratoga Symphony makes ‘Impressions’ with free concert Pianist/playwright breaks his own box office record at TheatreWorks Milpitas residents started the new year with a new tool to protect their privacy and property rights.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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As a dramatist, Baker has long excelled at conveying complex emotion with something as simple as a pause, and the silences of Janet Planet are just as powerful on the big screen.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2024
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But great dramatists recognize that our lives exist largely in gray zones, and that no ideology can contain our contradictory humanity.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 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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The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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In a statement, Adams spokesman Fabien Levy didn’t say whether the mayor will let the bill become law or use his veto pen to try to block it.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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