viable to any writer. The New York-based
screenwriter was in Los Angeles for the pro-
duction of his first screenplay, the indie dram-
edy Little Miss Sunshine. Unsure of his next
career move Arndt received a call from his
agent with the surprising news that Pixar prin-
summoned to Mount Olympus," he says.
Ron Yerxa if he knew any great up-and-
coming writers. Yerxa gave Coleman Arndt's
script and she was blown away. The amazing
thing about this story is that despite the fact
on to become a big indie hit -- and win Arndt
an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay -- at the
time Arndt was interviewing with Pixar, Sun-
shine didn't even have a distributor.
New York University, where he studied film,