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Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt

Writing

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.

Known For

Inside Out
7.9

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Inside Out

2015
Toy Story 3
7.8

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Toy Story 3

2010
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.2

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015
Incredibles 2
7.5

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.

Incredibles 2

2018
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
7.4

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7.0

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2023
Oblivion
6.7

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

Oblivion

2013
Little Miss Sunshine
7.7

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Little Miss Sunshine

2006
A Walk in the Woods
6.1

After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

A Walk in the Woods

2015
Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great
N/A

Michael Arndt's examination of story structure.

Endings: The Good, The Bad, and the Insanely Great

2017
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After travelling in the middle of a windstorm with a leg injury to the last open strip club during the end of the world, Bunny makes the most of her first day as a freshly changed woman.

Cafe Apocalypse