scriptwriter

noun

script·​writ·​er ˈskrip(t)-ˌrī-tər How to pronounce scriptwriter (audio)
: a person who writes scripts

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Creators are hiring scriptwriters, production managers and out-of-work actors as Hollywood pivots. Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025 The new Thai adaptation will be an eight-part series helmed by Thai producer-writer Pornmanus Rattanavich (The Journey, Start-Up Thailand) and scriptwriters Nitikarn Pinmuangngarm, Rapeepimol Chaiyasena and Punnapat Sutthiwong. Sara Merican, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 Jackie Patillo and Justin Fratt serve as showrunners and executive producers, Curtis Stoneberger and Paul Wright as producers, and JoAnna Illingworth and Shama Mrema as scriptwriters. Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025 Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter

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First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scriptwriter was in 1911

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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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scriptwriter

noun
script·​writ·​er ˈskrip-ˌtrīt-ər How to pronounce scriptwriter (audio)
: a person who writes scripts (as screenplays for television or movies)

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