screenwrite
To write (a script) for film or television.
Verb
- To write (a script) for film or television.
- That was two years ago, and Patricia MacLachlan, the author of the children's book from which the TV Sarah derived, has been prevailed upon to screenwrite a sequel. - 1993, John Leonard, New York Magazine, page 64:
- The stage is set for Jeffrey to convince Sandy to help him, and his words recall Dune's Duke Leto's words to his son, Paul, which Lynch had screenwritten from Frank Herbert's novel. - 2008, Greg Olson, David Lynch:...
- Amini screenwrote Jude and The Wings of the Dove and now directs his first feature. - 2014, Nigel Andrews, The Two Faces of January – film review, FT.com
Origin
From screen + write.