Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplays for the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work on Little Miss Sunshine and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Toy Story 3.
On November 9, 2012, Disney Studios confirmed that it and Lucasfilm had selected Arndt to write the screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens in early 2013. Arndt wrote a fifty-page pre-script for the new film. It was Arndt's idea to hold back Luke Skywalker's training of Rey from The Force Awakens, where it was originally planned to appear, for Episode VIII.The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
==Filmography==
===Feature films===
Title 	Released	Role(s)
Little Miss Sunshine 	2006 	Writer
Toy Story 3 	2010 	Writer
Brave 	2012 	Additional screenplay material
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 	2013 	Writer
Oblivion 	2013 	Writer
Inside Out 	2015 	Writer
Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens	2015 	Writer, Associate ProducerStar Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens credits
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*The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Category:Movie screenwriters