Director

Michael Arndt

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 16961

IMDb ID: nm1578335

Known for: Writing

Born: November 11, 1965

Age: 60

Place of birth: McLean, Virginia, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2006 - 2026

Years active: 21

Average TMDB rating: 7.27

Wikidata: Q705156

Also known as

Michael deBruyn • Michael DeBruyn • Rick Kerb

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Director (1)Screenplay (5)Writer (2)Additional Writing (1)Executive Producer (1)Story Consultant (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Arndt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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