scriptwriter

American  

[skript-rahy-ter] / ˈskrɪptˌraɪ tər /

noun

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

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scriptwriter British  

/ ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• scriptwriting noun

Etymology

Origin of scriptwriter

First recorded in 1910–15; script + writer

Example Sentences

Mr. Ward is a biographer, historian and scriptwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal

No scriptwriter would have come up with something like this.

From BBC

Verity, an irascible but hugely successful aging Hollywood star, alternates narration with his younger best friend Helen in a story involving an aspiring scriptwriter named Phoebe.

From Los Angeles Times

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