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Director-screenwriter Bertino knows his way around the horror genre, having made such notable efforts as The Strangers (the 2008 original, not the awful 2024 reboot) and The Dark and the Wicked.
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Glassriver is currently working on the first book in the Elma series, The Creak on the Stairs, which is being adapted by screenwriter and series showrunner Karen Björg Eyfjörð Þorsteinsdóttir.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
When the film, written by first-time screenwriter Nora Garrett, first opens, Roberts’ Yale philosophy professor Alma Imhoff is mostly concerned with a looming decision regarding her tenure at the Ivy League institution.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Liv Ullmann will be honored during the upcoming European Film Awards with a career award celebrating her body of work as an actress, director and screenwriter.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Glassriver is currently working on the first book in the Elma series, The Creak on the Stairs, which is being adapted by screenwriter and series showrunner Karen Björg Eyfjörð Þorsteinsdóttir.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
When the film, written by first-time screenwriter Nora Garrett, first opens, Roberts’ Yale philosophy professor Alma Imhoff is mostly concerned with a looming decision regarding her tenure at the Ivy League institution.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Liv Ullmann will be honored during the upcoming European Film Awards with a career award celebrating her body of work as an actress, director and screenwriter.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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