screenwriter

English

Etymology

screen +‎ writer

Noun

screenwriter (plural screenwriters)

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

Synonyms

scriptwriter

Derived terms

co-screenwriter

Translations

one who writes for the screen

Arabic: كَاتِب اَلسِّينَارْيُو m (kātib as-sināryū)
Armenian: սցենարիստ (hy) (scʿenarist)
Basque: gidoilari
Bulgarian: сценарист m (scenarist)
Catalan: guionista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編劇／编剧 (zh) (biānjù)
Czech: scénárista (cs) m, scenárista (cs) m
Danish: manuskriptforfatter (da), manusforfatter c, filmforfatter c
Dutch: scenarioschrijver (nl) m, scenarioschrijfster f, scenarist (nl) m
Esperanto: scenaristo
Estonian: stsenarist
Finnish: käsikirjoittaja (fi), elokuvakäsikirjoittaja
French: scénariste (fr) m or f
German: Drehbuchautor (de) m, Drehbuchautorin (de) f, Drehbuchschreiber m, Drehbuchschreiberin f, Filmautor m, Filmautorin f, Filmszenarist m, Filmszenaristin f, Szenarist m, Szenaristin f
Greek: σεναριογράφος (el) m or f (senariográfos)
Hungarian: forgatókönyvíró (hu)
Italian: sceneggiatore (it) m, sceneggiatrice f
Japanese: 脚本家 (ja) (きゃくほんか, kyakuhonka)
Kazakh: сценарийші (ssenariişı)
Korean: 각본가(脚本家) (gakbon'ga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: manusforfatter m, filmforfatter m

Nynorsk: manusforfattar m, filmforfattar m
Polish: scenarzysta (pl) m, scenarzystka (pl) f
Portuguese: roteirista (pt) m or f
Romanian: scenarist (ro) m, scenaristă (ro) f
Russian: сценари́ст (ru) m (scenaríst), сценари́стка (ru) f (scenarístka), кинодрамату́рг (ru) m (kinodramatúrg)
Serbo-Croatian: scenarist (sh) m
Spanish: guionista (es) m or f
Swedish: manusförfattare c, filmförfattare c
Tagalog: manunulatsay
Uzbek: ssenarist (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà biên kịch (家編劇), biên kịch viên (編劇員), người viết kịch bản (𠊛筆劇本)

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