Scott Neustadter
{{Short description|American screenwriter and film producer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Scott Neustadter at Kelly Writers House.jpg
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| caption = Neustadter at the Kelly Writers House in 2016
| name = Scott Neustadter
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}
| birth_place = Margate City, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Screenwriter and producer
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| death_place =
| education = Atlantic City High School
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania
London School of Economics
| notable_works = 500 Days of Summer
| spouse = {{marriage|Lauren Rachelle Levy|October 9, 2010}}
| children = 2
| website =
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Scott Eric Neustadter{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/fashion/weddings/10LEVY.html|title=Lauren Levy, Scott Neustadter|last=Mallozzi|first=Vincent M.|date=October 8, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 29, 2016}} ({{IPAc-en|nj|uː|ˈ|s|t|æ|t|ər}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3OK9pu2jW8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/h3OK9pu2jW8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Scott Neustadter for ERIN'S VOICE by Greg Sullivan|publisher=The Black List|date=December 15, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2020}}{{cbignore}} born 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers are best known for writing the screenplay for the romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer. The film is based on two real relationships Neustadter had.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/484175/Scott-Neustadter/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727100702/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/484175/Scott-Neustadter/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2009|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2009|title=Scott Neustadter|access-date=March 11, 2012}} They also wrote the screenplays for the film adaptations of the novels The Spectacular Now, The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns.
For writing The Disaster Artist, Neustadter and Weber were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They also created the television series Friends with Benefits, which lasted one season.
Life and career
Neustadter was born and raised in a Jewish family[https://www.jweekly.com/2009/08/07/summer-romance-takes-a-caustic-turn-for-jewish-screenwriters/ Jewish News of Northern California: "Summer romance takes a caustic turn for Jewish screenwriters"] August 7, 2009 in Margate City, New Jersey, the son of Anne (née Goldberg) and Michael J. Neustadter. He attended Atlantic City High School, University of Pennsylvania and graduate studies at The London School of Economics and The University of Southern California.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
At age 25, Neustadter moved to study in Los Angeles, California, and shortly thereafter moved to Santa Monica, where he currently resides.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Neustadter and Weber wrote the script for The Disaster Artist (2017), the adaptation of the book of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/disaster-artist-screenwriters/|title=Fault in Our Stars Scribes Are Disaster Artist Screenwriters -/Film|date=September 8, 2014|language=en-US|access-date=September 29, 2016}} They also wrote Our Souls at Night, an adaptation of Kent Haruf's final novel of the same name, for Netflix, with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda playing the lead roles, the first movie they have made together since 1979's The Electric Horseman.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/robert-redford-jane-fonda-our-souls-at-night-netflix-1201516689/|title=Robert Redford, Jane Fonda Teaming At Netflix On 'Our Souls At Night'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=September 13, 2015|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=September 29, 2016}}
They are adapting The Rosie Project.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/the-rosie-project-lego-movie-phil-lord-christopher-miller-scott-neustadter-michael-weber-839597/|title='Rosie Project' Has Lord & Miller Circling To Helm Neustadter & Weber Script|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=September 23, 2014|language=en-US|access-date=September 29, 2016}}
Neustadter has been married to Lauren Rachelle Levy since October 9, 2010. The couple has one son and one daughter.
Filmography
Film
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title !width=65|Writer ! Executive ! Director |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2009
| {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| The Pink Panther 2
| {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2013
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| 2014
| {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2015
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| rowspan=2|2017
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| Our Souls at Night
| {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2022
| Rosaline | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Television
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title !width=65|Writer ! Executive !width=65| Creator ! Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2023
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Developer}} | Miniseries |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan=11|2009
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards |rowspan=11|500 Days of Summer | {{nom}} |
| Utah Film Critics Association
| Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
| {{nom}} |
| Hollywood Film Festival
| Breakthrough Screenwriter | {{won}} |
| Independent Spirit Awards
| {{won}} |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society
| Best Screenplay | {{won}} |
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
| Best Screenplay - Original | {{won}} |
| Satellite Awards
| {{won}} |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association
| Best Original Screenplay | {{won}} |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association
| {{won}} |
| Writers Guild of America
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=6|2013
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Adapted Screenplay |rowspan=6|The Spectacular Now | {{nom}} |
| Independent Spirit Awards
| Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| Indiana Film Critics Association
| Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle
| {{nom}} |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association
| {{nom}} |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|The Disaster Artist | {{nom}} |
| Writers Guild of America
| {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2354099}}
- {{facebook|people/Scott-Neustadter/564246845}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090713005559/http://www.canmag.com/nw/14321-500-days-summer-michael-weber-scott-neustadter Interview Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter on 500 Days of Summer]}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713104807/http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2010-11-19/Community/Wedding_Announcement.html Jewish Times of South Jersey: Wedding Announcement]
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Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Atlantic City High School alumni
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Jewish American screenwriters
Category:People from Margate City, New Jersey
Category:Screenwriters from California
Category:Screenwriters from New Jersey
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni