Scott Neustadter
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Scott Neustadter at the Kelly Writers House in 2016
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| Born |
Scott Eric Neustadter 1977 (age 39–40) Margate City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Residence | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | Atlantic City High School |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania London School of Economics |
| Notable work |
(500) Days of Summer The Fault in Our Stars Paper Towns |
| Spouse(s) | Lauren Rachelle Levy (m. 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
Scott Eric Neustadter (born 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers wrote the original screenplays for (500) Days of Summer and The Pink Panther 2. (500) Days of Summer is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. They also wrote the screenplays for The Spectacular Now, based on the novel by Tim Tharp, The Fault in Our Stars, based on the best-selling novel by John Green, and Paper Towns, based on another novel by John Green. They also created the television series Friends with Benefits, which lasted one season.
Neustadter was born and raised in Margate City, New Jersey, the son of Anne (Goldberg) and Michael J. Neustadter. He attended Atlantic City High School, University of Pennsylvania and graduate studies at The London School of Economics.
At age 25, Neustadter visited Los Angeles, California, and shortly thereafter moved to Santa Monica, where he currently resides.
He has been married to Lauren Rachelle Levy since October 9, 2010. The couple has one son.
Neustadter and Weber will next be writing the script for The Masterpiece, the adaptation of The Disaster Artist. They will be also adapting another John Green novel, Looking for Alaska. They also are adapting The Rosie Project.Deadline.com reported that both Scott and Michael are writing the adaption to Kent Haruf's final novel Our Souls At Night for Netflix with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda playing the lead role, the first movie they did together since 1979's The Electric Horseman. Both Neustadter and Weber later on confirmed the news through their social media accounts.
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