Writing · age 61

Michael Arndt

Best rated: Toy Story 3 (8.3)

Films: 7
Avg rating: 7.33
Peak run: 2006’15
7+ run: 4 films

Films: 7
Avg rating: 7.33
Peak run: 2006’15
7+ run: 4 films

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The career

Michael Arndt, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20067 films2023

Current formLast 5: 7.04 vs career 7.33 (−0.29)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Michael by the numbers

Average

7.33

7 rated films

Vote weighted

7.38

bigger films count more

Median

7.5

half are better

Consistency

±0.69

rating spread

Career

18y

2006 to 2023

Total votes

4.2M

across every film

Best

8.3

Toy Story 3

Worst

6.4

A Walk in the Woods

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2023	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	6.6	191K
2015	A Walk in the Woods	6.4	32,703
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	7.7	1.04M
2013	Oblivion	7.0	592K
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	7.5	785K
2010	Toy Story 3	8.3	993K
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	7.8	567K

Better together?

Michael Arndt's regulars

Francis LawrenceWriter · 2 films · 7.05 avg●−0.03

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Michael Arndt

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2011
Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2007
Written by Michael Arndt
Won

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