About

Known credits:
11
Birthday:
1965-11-11
Place of birth:
McLean, Virginia, USA
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Michael Arndt

Overview

Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter who has written for the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Arndt won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Toy Story 3. This made Arndt the first screenwriter nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay for his first two screenplays.

He has also been credited under the pseudonyms Michael deBruyn and Rick Kerb, mainly used for script revisions.

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Known for

Acting

2017 Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great Actor Self N/A
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Directing

2017 Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great Directing Director N/A
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Writing

2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
2018 Incredibles 2 Writing Story Consultant 73
Good
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Writing Writer 72
Good
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Writing Screenplay 73
Good
2013 Oblivion Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
2010 Toy Story 3 Writing Screenplay 77
Good
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Writing Writer 75
Good

Production

2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Production Associate Producer 72
Good

Crew

2015 Inside Out Crew Additional Writing 78
Good