scriptwriter

[skript-rahy-ter]

noun

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

scriptwriter

/ ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• scriptwriting noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptwriter¹

First recorded in 1910–15; script + writer

Example Sentences

Three years before the Olympics, LA28 organizers gave International Olympic Committee officials the kind of Games preview that even Hollywood’s best scriptwriters couldn’t plan.

From Los Angeles Times

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

He would remove all of the scriptwriter's notes about how his character should deliver his lines.

From BBC

But then come a verdict on scriptwriter Bryce Hart's work which, coming from someone who's spent more than 45 years in comedy, makes you sit up and take notice.

From BBC

When Peggy Woolley’s husband was given the same disease in The Archers, June was supportive and – with her experience of Roger’s gradual disintegration – was often consulted by the scriptwriters.

From BBC