Claim: Brian Lynch wrote the screenplay for Minions.

Brian Michael Lynch -LRB- born June 21 , 1973 -RRB- is an American film and comic book writer . Lynch was the initial writer and co-creator with Joss Whedon of Angel : After the Fall for IDW Publishing , and is best known for writing the screenplays for the films Puss in Boots and Minions . He has also written an unproduced film adaptation of The Sims .