Definition of "screenplay"
verb
third-person singular simple present screenplays, present participle screenplaying, simple past and past participle screenplayed
To write a screenplay.
Quotations
Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.
2020, Shilpa Daithota Bhat, Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives