screenwriter

English

screen +‎ writer

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.

one who writes for the screen

Arabic: كَاتِب اَلسِّينَارْيُو‎ m (kātib as-sināryū)
Armenian: սցենարիստ (hy) (scʿenarist)
Catalan: guionista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 編劇 (zh), 编剧 (zh) (biānjù)
Czech: scénárista (cs) m
Danish: manusforfatter c, filmforfatter c
Esperanto: scenaristo
Estonian: stsenarist
Finnish: käsikirjoittaja (fi), elokuvakäsikirjoittaja
French: scénariste (fr) m or f
German: Drehbuchautor (de) m, Drehbuchautorin f, Drehbuchschreiber m, Drehbuchschreiberin f, Filmautor m, Filmautorin f, Filmszenarist m, Filmszenaristin f, Szenarist m, Szenaristin f
Greek: σεναριογράφος (el) m or f (senariográfos)

Japanese: 脚本家 (ja) (きゃくほんか, kyakuhonka)
Korean: 각본가 (gakbonga) (脚本家)
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)
Spanish: guionista (es) m or f
Swedish: manusförfattare c, filmförfattare c
Tagalog: manunulatsay
Vietnamese: nhà biên kịch, biên kịch viên, người viết kịch bản