Meg LeFauve
{{short description|American screenwriter and film producer (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Meg LeFauve
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1969|10|19}}
|birth_place=Warren, Ohio, U.S.
|alma_mater=Syracuse University
|occupation={{flatlist|
- Screenwriter
- film producer
}}
|spouse=Joe Forte
|years_active=1998–present
|children=2
}}
Meg LeFauve (born October 19, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known for writing the screenplays for the Pixar animated films Inside Out (2015), its sequel Inside Out 2 (2024), and The Good Dinosaur (2015), the former being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Early life
LeFauve was raised in Warren, Ohio, and attended Syracuse University.{{cite web|title=Meg LeFauve|url=http://thewriterslab.nyc/about/2015-writers-lab/meg-lefauve/|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818052837/http://thewriterslab.nyc/about/2015-writers-lab/meg-lefauve/|url-status=dead}}
Career
LeFauve began her film career as a president and producer of Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's film company. During that time, LeFauve produced films that were nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and was awarded a Peabody for Jane Anderson's Showtime film, The Baby Dance. LeFauve produced The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys for Egg Pictures. Starring Kieran Culkin, Jodie Foster and Vincent D'Onofrio, the film opened to rave reviews and won the 2003 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467386591/this-oscar-nominee-could-ve-been-an-executive-instead-she-s-a-screenwriter|title=NPR "This Oscar Nominee Could've Been An Executive. Instead, She's A Screenwriter"|last=|first=|date=|website=Cultural Weekly|publisher=|language=en-US|access-date=January 13, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223052453/https://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467386591/this-oscar-nominee-could-ve-been-an-executive-instead-she-s-a-screenwriter|url-status=live}}
LeFauve was a mentor at Meryl Streep's writer's lab, and is currently a consultant to Screen New South Wales, Screen Australia, and Film Victoria. She has mentored at the Sundance Creative Producer Lab and is a board member and returning participant at CineStory Script Sessions. LeFauve has taught at AFI and served as co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and Television, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years. LeFauve also has been known to give [https://cinestory.org/a-storytellers-master-class-with-meg-lefauve/ seminars] from time to time.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the script for Pixar's Inside Out (2015), and returned to co-write the script along with Dave Holstein for the sequel Inside Out 2 (2024).{{Cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/writing-original-screenplay/inside-out|title=Oscar Nominations 2021: The Complete List | 93rd Academy Awards|access-date=January 23, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101093557/https://oscar.go.com/nominees/writing-original-screenplay/inside-out|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Pixar's 'Inside Out' Updated Synopsis, Writing Credits|url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-pixars-inside-out-updated-synopsis-writing-credits-74733/|publisher=Stitch Kingdom|accessdate=March 28, 2015|date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329022234/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-pixars-inside-out-updated-synopsis-writing-credits-74733/|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Inside Out Sequel Plans Confirmed By Pixar at D23 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/inside-out-sequel-plans-confirmed-by-pixar-at-d23-1235113202/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913003924/https://deadline.com/2022/09/inside-out-sequel-plans-confirmed-by-pixar-at-d23-1235113202/ |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards in 1999 for producing The Baby Dance.{{cite web|title=51st Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees/Winners 1999|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-made-for-television-movie|publisher=emmys.com|accessdate=April 14, 2015|archive-date=November 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109104816/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-made-for-television-movie|url-status=live}} She also produced the 2002 film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.{{cite news|last1=HOLDEN|first1=STEPHEN|title=The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE4DF153CF937A25755C0A9649C8B63|accessdate=April 14, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=June 14, 2002|archive-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211101724/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE4DF153CF937A25755C0A9649C8B63|url-status=live}} She also wrote the script for another Pixar film The Good Dinosaur (2015) which was nominated for a Golden Globe. LeFauve received a "story by" credit on the live action Captain Marvel movie (2019).{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title='Captain Marvel' Movie Targets 'Inside Out' and 'Guardians' Writers|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-movie-targets-inside-763081|accessdate=April 14, 2015|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=April 13, 2015|archive-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415000331/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-movie-targets-inside-763081|url-status=live}}
Podcast
Meg LeFauve co-hosts a Podcast, [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna/id1501641442 The Screenwriting Life w/ Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna].{{cite news|last1=Galloway|first1=Stephen|last2=Belloni|first2=Matthew|title=Amy Schumer, Aaron Sorkin and Four More Top Scribes on Sexism and How to Deal With Steve Jobs' Widow|url=http://edit.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amy-schumer-aaron-sorkin-four-848657|accessdate=January 25, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 17, 2015}}{{dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The show, co-hosted by writer Lorien McKenna and producer Jeffrey Crane Graham, is dedicated to unpacking both the craft and artistic journey of pursuing a career in screenwriting. Featured guests include Ed Solomon, Anne Lamott, Mike Jones, and Bonnie Curtis, among others.
The show was cited as one of Feedspot's Top 25 Screenwriting Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021,{{cite web |title=Top 25 Screenwriting Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021 |url=https://blog.feedspot.com/screenwriting_podcasts/ |website=Feedspot |date=September 26, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228012048/https://blog.feedspot.com/screenwriting_podcasts/ |url-status=live }} FilmCon's Top 10 Recommended Filmmaking Podcasts.,{{cite web |title=10 Recommended Filmmaking Podcasts |url=https://www.filmcon.net/post/podcast |website=Filmmaker's Connect |date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118072942/https://www.filmcon.net/post/podcast |url-status=live }} and Podcast Magazine's Top 8 Must-Listen Podcasts For Screenwriters.{{Cite magazine |last=Glover |first=Raven Blair |date=September 2022 |editor-last=Olsher |editor-first=Steve |title=The Top Eight Must-Listen Podcasts for Screenwriters: Teaching the Craft and Business of Writing for TV and Film |url=https://podcastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PodcastMagazine_September2022_FINAL_condensed.pdf#page=48 |url-status=live |magazine=Podcast Magazine |language=en-US |location=San Diego, CA |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=47–50 |issn=2690-4608 |oclc=1140254648 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001164153/https://podcastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PodcastMagazine_September2022_FINAL_condensed.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022}}
Personal life
LeFauve is married to filmmaker Joe Forte.{{cite web|title=Joe Forte and Meg LeFauve|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Joe+Forte/Meg+LeFauve|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620073745/http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Joe+Forte/Meg+LeFauve|url-status=live}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Year
! rowspan="2"|Film ! colspan="5"|Credited as |
|---|
| width=65 |Writer
! width=65 |Producer ! width=65 |Other ! Notes |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 1998 | style="text-align:left;"| The Baby Dance |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2000 | style="text-align:left;"| Waking the Dead |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | style="text-align:left;"| Special thanks |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2002 | style="text-align:left;"| The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2010–2011 | style="text-align:left;"| Gigantic |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| 3 episodes: "Perfect Complications" |
| style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| Inside Out |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Oddball |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| Script editor |
| style="text-align:center
| style="text-align:left;"| The Good Dinosaur |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"|Nominated – Golden Globe |
| style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2"| 2016 | style="text-align:left;"| Finding Dory |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | style="text-align:left;| Special thanks |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| The Man Who Saved Ben-Hur |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | style="text-align:left;| Special thanks |
| style="text-align:center;
| 2018 | style="text-align:left;"| Incredibles 2 |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | style="text-align:left;"| Special thanks |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| Captain Marvel |{{yes|Story}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2020 | style="text-align:left;"| Onward |{{yes|Story}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| Additional story material |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| My Father's Dragon |{{yes}} |{{yes|Executive}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"
| 2024 | style="text-align:left;"| Inside Out 2 |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | style="text-align:left;"| |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0498834}}
{{Navboxes
|title = Awards for Meg LeFauve
|list =
{{Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production}}
{{Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay}}
{{Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay}}
}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:LeFauve, Meg}}
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:Animation screenwriters