film writer

/fɪlm ˌraɪdər/
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Definitions of film writer
  1. noun
    someone who writes screenplays
    synonyms: screenwriter
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    examples:
    George Lucas
    United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
    Dalton Trumbo
    United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)
    type of:
    scriptwriter
    someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
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