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Copyright, authorship & moral rights · Working

Screenplay by

ELI5

A formal feature-film writing credit under the relevant credit system.

Used in conversation

“The deal memo should state screenplay by clearly.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Screenplay by” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Teleplay byComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
  • Story byComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.