screenwriter

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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

He added: "I started talking it over with my son Peter, who's also a screenwriter, and we worked out what we thought would work, especially as a framing device for that story."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Why an Oscar-winning screenwriter would make a film that makes so little attempt to dig into its central character is baffling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

To my surprise, I was gripped from its outset, fascinated by the way Pakula and screenwriter William Goldman managed to make the mundane so fascinating.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

As a known member of the Communist Party, Froelick had trouble finding work as a screenwriter after 1950.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow