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scriptwriter

American  
[skript-rahy-ter] / ˈskrɪptˌraɪ tər /

noun

  • scriptwriters
    plural
  1. a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.


scriptwriter British  
/ ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who prepares scripts, esp for a film

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of scriptwriter

First recorded in 1910–15; script + writer


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Saint James was married three times, first to scriptwriter Richard Neubert from 1967 to 1968, according to People.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The series' scriptwriter Maan Sakbani, 35, expressed cautious relief that the days of full-blown censorship under Assad were over.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

Fans speculate that this creature is Anansi, a legendary character in West African and Caribbean folktales, but scriptwriter Inua Ellams is keeping specifics under wraps.

From BBC ● May 10, 2025

Cleophas Malala, the scriptwriter and a former senator who penned the production for students from Butere Girls School, was blocked by police from meeting the students for final rehearsals on Wednesday evening.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

In early 1977 my shorthand skills got me a part-time job at the home of Linda Grover, a scriptwriter for the TV soap opera The Doctors.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard

Going back to the movie theme, Wakefield's resurrection over the past three seasons is almost too fanciful for Hollywood's scriptwriters, given the rapid ascent.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood science-fiction scriptwriters for decades, it may have just happened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ms. Womack was one of the scriptwriters for “Niyah and the Multiverse.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024

They wanted not necessarily to replace scriptwriters with generative AI, but they wanted the option to do so.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023

The magazine reported that Rupert Murdoch is "consumed with the question of his succession", and even that son Lachlan suspected brother James of feeding family stories to Succession's scriptwriters.

From BBC ● May 26, 2023

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