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Michael Arndt

1970 - Today

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Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter, who has written for the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Michael Arndt is the 6,818th most popular writer (up from 6,841st in 2024), the 14,316th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,345th in 2019) and the 1,018th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Arndt ranks 6,818 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard A. Knaak, Randall Jarrell, Kevin Poulsen, Robert Hunter, Koushun Takami, and Michal Viewegh. After him are Calixthe Beyala, Milan Ohnisko, Grant Morrison, R. D. Blackmore, Terrence McNally, and Stevie Smith.

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Among people born in 1970, Michael Arndt ranks 600. Before him are Oleg Artemyev, Jan van Steenbergen, John Simm, Ināra Mūrniece, Garth Ennis, and Massimo Taibi. After him are Niša Saveljić, Tadashi Koya, Peter Ebdon, Pavel Vízner, Jason Wiles, and Stephen Chbosky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Arndt ranks 14,320 out of 20,380. Before him are Ulis Williams (1941), Jake Abel (1987), Lesley Bush (1947), Dwight Phillips (1977), Rodger Ward (1921), and Steve Roach (1955). After him are Genevieve Tobin (1899), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (1973), Mike Oxley (1944), Crystal Eastman (1881), Raymond Hatton (1887), and Dickie Moore (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Arndt ranks 1,018. Before him are Julie Otsuka (1962), Walter Mosley (1952), Richard A. Knaak (1961), Randall Jarrell (1914), Kevin Poulsen (1965), and Robert Hunter (1941). After him are Terrence McNally (1938), Allen Tate (1899), Tom Kapinos (1969), Stephen Chbosky (1970), John Crowe Ransom (1888), and William Safire (1929).

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