screenwriter

writer who writes for films, TV shows, comics and games
Intangible filmmaking_occupation Q28389
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Summary

screenwriter is a filmmaking occupation[1]. screenwriter draws 16,315 Wikipedia views per month (filmmaking occupation category, ranking #4 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: script[3]
  • Subclass of: author[4]
  • Commons category: Screenwriters[5]
  • Field of this occupation: screenwriting[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Screenwriters[7]
  • ISCO-88 occupation class: 2451[8]
  • Product or material produced: screenplay[9]
  • Main Wikidata property: P58[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/ScreenWriter[11]
  • Different from: playwright[12]
  • Female form of label: scenáristka[13], scenarioschrijfster[14], manusförfattarinna[15], сценаристка[16], sceneggiatrice[17], scenaristka[18], scenaristă[19], كاتبة سيناريو[20], scenāriste[21], Dréibuchautorin[22], scénariste[23], guionista[24], תסריטאית[25], scenarzystka[26]
  • Subject has role: writer[27]
  • Exact match: http://lemac.sgcb.mcu.es/Autoridades/LEMAC201230642/concept[28]
  • Male form of label: Dréibuchauteur[29], roteirista[30], сценариста[31], scénariste[32], תסריטאי[33], sceneggiatore[34], senarioour[35], scenaristas[36], hilibrätan[37], scenarist[38], كاتب سيناريو[39], сценарист[40]

Why It Matters

screenwriter has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] screenwriter is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Толковый словарь государственного языка Российской Федерации: в 2 томах. Т. 2. П–Я. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Толковый словарь государственного языка Российской Федерации: в 2 томах. Т. 2. П–Я. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → screenwriters
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: screenwriters, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962448|screenwriters (#289962448)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0353401-scenaristky, 0353499-scenariste
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0353401-scenaristky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 22w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id → ebe936e2-64e7-4777-94d6-42caa5a12409
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33182|batch #33182]]: ESCO occupations, matched in OpenRefine"
  4. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → author
    Genre → —
    Instance of → —
    Category for eponymous categories → Category:Wikipedia categories named after screenwriters
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Isco-08 occupation class: 2641, [[Wikidata:Bots/MarisDreshmanisBot|GSCO]] Phase 1.0: provenance reference for ISCO-08 occupation class (source: ISCO-08 Q113864458)"
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