Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  The film was written by Tom McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer. When McCarthy was asked how he and his co-author tackled the research and writing process, he said: "As I said, I passed [turned down the film] the first time! That's probably some indication of how intimidating it was. But I think, as always, with any big assignment, once you get over that initial shock and awe of how much material there was to cover, you start digging into the material and become really fascinated by and engaged with it, and we did. And yeah, it was a lot of work, but it was exciting work. It 
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  McCarthy and Singer completed the script in June 2013. It was on the 2013 Black List of unproduced screenplays. Singer told Creative Screenwriting that one of his goals for the film was to highlight the power of journalism, which he feels has been waning. He explained, "This story isn't about exposing the Catholic Church. We were not on some mission to rattle people's faith. In fact, Tom came from a Catholic family. The motive was to tell the story accurately while showing the power of the newsroom—something that's largely disappeared today. This story is important. Journalism is important, and there is a deeper message in the story."
Title: The Spotlight (film)
Content: Esther Ralston as Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova ; Neil Hamilton as Norman Brooke ; Nicholas Soussanin as Daniel Hoffman ; Arlette Marchal as Maggie Courtney ; Arthur Housman as Ebbetts 
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  within the past four decades (after The Hurt Locker with $17 million). Spotlight was listed on over 120 critics' and publications' top ten lists. It was also voted the 88th greatest film since 2000 in an international critics' poll conducted by BBC. In 2018, IndieWire writers ranked its screenplay the 12th best American screenplay of the 21st century, with Kate Erbland saying that the script "ticks along so well, not cutting any corners when it comes to the nitty gritty of real-world reporting, while also finding time to develop its characters and tell a banger of a story. It hits the right beats, but it does so in earned ways, rooted in realism".
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  Independent Critic gave Spotlight 4 out of 4 marks and praised the screenplay and cast, writing, "Spotlight is a nearly perfect example of what happens when the perfect filmmaker works with the perfect script and acquires the perfect cast and crew to bring a story to life." At the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Spotlight finished third in the audience balloting for the People's Choice Award. Comparing Spotlight to The Post, a similar period film about journalists, critic Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com expressed perplexity in why critics were muted in their praise for the latter film, stating that in terms of direction, Spotlight "got praise for doing a tenth of what [ Steven Spielberg] does here".
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content: Liev Schreiber as Marty Baron ; John Slattery as Ben Bradlee Jr. 
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture respectively, with the cast winning the latter. The New York Film Critics Circle awarded Michael Keaton the Best Actor award, while it won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble cast at the New York Film Critics Online Awards. Spotlight won the Best Film and Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It received eight nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Score. It won the Best Cast in a Motion Picture at Satellite Awards and 
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content: Stanley Tucci as Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney representing victims of sexual abuse ; Gene Amoroso as Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe general investigative reporter ; Jamey Sheridan as Jim Sullivan, an attorney representing the Church ; Billy Crudup as Eric MacLeish, an attorney representing victims of sexual abuse ; Maureen Keiller as Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe columnist ; Richard Jenkins as Richard Sipe, psychotherapist (telephone voice, uncredited) ; Paul Guilfoyle as Peter Conley ; Len Cariou as Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston ; Neal Huff as Phil Saviano of SNAP ; Michael Countryman as Richard Gilman, publisher of the Boston Globe ; Michael Cyril Creighton as Joe Crowley ; Laurie Heineman as Judge Constance Sweeney ; David Fraser as John Albano ; Tim Progosh as Principal Bill Kemeza ; Jimmy LeBlanc as Patrick McSorley 
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content:  Festival, the Telluride Film Festival and the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released on November 6, 2015, by Open Road Films and grossed $98 million worldwide. It received widespread critical praise, with critics lauding the performances of the cast, historical accuracy and screenplay; it won numerous guilds' and critics' association awards, and was named one of the best films of 2015 by various publications. Spotlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Original Screenplay, from six total nominations, making it the first Best Picture winner since The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) to win only one other Oscar. The film also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Title: Spotlight (film)
Content: Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes ; Michael Keaton as Walter "Robby" Robinson ; Rachel McAdams as Sacha Pfeiffer ; Brian d'Arcy James as Matt Carroll 

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Spotlight?
Answer: Josh Singer.