Meg LeFauve | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 19, 1969 Warren, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Producer |
Meg LeFauve is an American screenwriter, film producer. She also has a Podcast, The Screen Writing Life.[1]
Early life[]
LeFauve was raised in Warren, Ohio, and attended Syracuse University.[2]
Career[]
LeFauve began her film career as a producer and President 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 IFP Spirit Award for Best First Feature.[3]
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 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.[4][5] She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards in 1999 for producing The Baby Dance.[6] She also produced the 2002 film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.[7] She also wrote the script for The Good Dinosaur which was nominated for a Golden Globe. LeFauve received a "story by" credit on the live action Captain Marvel movie.[8]
Personal life[]
LeFauve is married to filmmaker Joe Forte. [9]
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Credited as | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | Other | Notes | |||
| 1998 | The Baby Dance | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | No | No | Yes | Special thanks | |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2010-2011 | Gigantic | Yes | No | No | 3 episodes: "Perfect Complications" "Carpe Diem" "Back to Normal" | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Yes | No | No | Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
| Oddball | Yes | No | No | Script editor | ||
| The Good Dinosaur | Yes | No | No | Nominated - Golden Globe | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | Yes | Special thanks | |
| The Man Who Saved Ben-Hur | No | No | Yes | Special thanks | ||
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | Yes | Special thanks | |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Story | No | No | ||
| 2020 | Onward | Story | No | No | Additional story material | |
| 2021 | My Father's Dragon | Yes | Yes | No | ||
References[]
- ↑ Galloway, Stephen; Belloni, Matthew (17 December 2015). "Amy Schumer, Aaron Sorkin and Four More Top Scribes on Sexism and How to Deal With Steve Jobs' Widow". The Hollywood Reporter. http://edit.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amy-schumer-aaron-sorkin-four-848657. Retrieved 25 January 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ "Meg LeFauve".
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "NPR "This Oscar Nominee Could've Been An Executive. Instead, She's A Screenwriter"". Cultural Weekly. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ http://oscar.go.com/nominees/writing-original-screenplay/inside-out
- ↑ "Pixar's 'Inside Out' Updated Synopsis, Writing Credits". Stitch Kingdom. March 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "51st Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees/Winners 1999". emmys.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ HOLDEN, STEPHEN (June 14, 2002). "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)". nytimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE4DF153CF937A25755C0A9649C8B63. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (April 13, 2015). "'Captain Marvel' Movie Targets 'Inside Out' and 'Guardians' Writers". hollywoodreporter.com. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/captain-marvel-movie-targets-inside-763081. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Joe Forte and Meg LeFauve".
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