Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt
	Arndt in 2007
Born	McLean, Virginia, U.S.
Pen name	Michael deBruyn
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1997–present
Notable works	Little Miss Sunshine; Toy Story 3; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Star Wars: The Force Awakens; The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes;
Notable awards	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; Little Miss Sunshine (2006);

Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of 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 ever to be nominated for both 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, which are mainly used for script revisions.^[1]

^ Alloway, Meredith (April 6, 2014). "Oscar winner Michael Arndt talks screenwriting, and offers some advice". The Script Lab. TSL Media Inc. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

[scriptlab-1] Alloway, Meredith (April 6, 2014). "Oscar winner Michael Arndt talks screenwriting, and offers some advice". The Script Lab. TSL Media Inc. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

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