Michael Arndt

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-11-11 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

McLean, Virginia, USA

Michael Arndt

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 ...

Production

2013

Oblivion

as Screenplay

2015

Inside Out

as Additional Writing

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Associate Producer

2010

Toy Story 3

as Screenplay

2018

Incredibles 2

as Story Consultant

2015

A Walk in the Woods

as Screenplay

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