screenwriter
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An aspiring screenwriter himself, Hunnam has penned a project for Max Winkler, who’s also the main director on “Monster.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ms. Hanssen, a screenwriter and radio host, has produced a gritty melodrama of familial love and hereditary tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
The “Do the Right Thing” star, director and screenwriter was 13 when he witnessed the Knicks defeat the Lakers in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
As a known member of the Communist Party, Froelick had trouble finding work as a screenwriter after 1950.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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There’s a comic trope beloved by playwrights, novelists and screenwriters about the fighters all suited up for battle, only to discover that their adversary refuses to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hollywood screenwriters recently approved a new four-year deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
As imagined by director Travis Knight—best known for another toys-to-screen saga, 2018’s “Transformers” sequel “Bumblebee”—and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man, lost prince from the planet Eternia, is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
He joined Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, one of the top film schools in the country, and dedicated himself to teaching budding screenwriters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The ten directors and screenwriters were thrown in prison for contempt of Congress.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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