The Writer:
Michael Arndt has one of those careers that I think most screenwriters would love to emulate. He was a Nicholl semifinalist in 1991 and 2001 before winning the Best Screenplay Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine. He wrote Toy Story 3, perhaps the most beloved animated film of our generation, and heās also had major successes in the sci-fi realm with the scripts for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Oblivion. Michael was also the initial writer on the upcoming Star Wars project, but he was taken off the project. (The script is now being written by JJ Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, supposedly for time reasons.) Check out this great video by Michael on how to begin a script the Pixar way.
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