screenwriter

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Sydney Mitchel wanted to be a screenwriter and graduated from the dramatic writing department of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Guest: Nadav Lapid, Israeli screenwriter and film director of Yes!

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Two years ago, screenwriter Diablo Cody was in the middle of trying to write “a very big, commercial, four-quadrant movie” when she gave birth to her third child.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Colbert, who is well-known to be a JRR Tolkien superfan, will adapt an early section of the first Lord of the Rings novel, The Fellowship of the Ring, with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Amelia is the director and lead vocal talent, Serenity is the screenwriter and side vocals, and I’m the animator.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day