Other forms: screenwriters
A screenwriter is the person who writes the story and the dialogue. A screenwriter's credit, hire a screenwriter, work as a screenwriter.
The script is written in a fixed format where one page runs about one minute of screen time, so length is measured in pages. It is the least visible of the major film jobs, and rewriting somebody else's work is a large part of the trade.
1nounscreenwriterThe person who writes the story and the dialogue.
“The screenwriter changed the ending of the novel for the film version.”
screenwriter is a writer.
Screen plus writer, from the early film industry.
From screen + writer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA