0 a person who writes the words for films or radio or television broadcasts --
1 someone who writes stories for movies, television programs, etc. --
Their scriptwriters have merely invented a new name for something which existed all along.
We all noticed, however, when the scriptwriter's text ran out.
Perhaps it is time that we changed the people's scriptwriter.
But perhaps scriptwriters could actually entertain us with a new programme on the same theme, because the old truths remain as true as ever.
Think of theatre without playwrights, opera without librettists and television, radio and film without scriptwriters.
I believe that a large part of the blame for this lowering of standards lies with the scriptwriters and playwrights.
The scene and the cast change, but the scriptwriter goes on and on.
We have great actors and scriptwriters and very good directors.