Scott Eric Neustadter (/njuːˈstætər/; 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. 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 Friends with Benefits, which lasted one season. Neustadter was born and raised in a family in Margate City, New Jersey, the son of Anne (née Goldberg) and Michael J. Neustadter. He attended Atlantic City High School and the University of Pennsylvania. He completed graduate studies at The London School of Economics and The University of Southern California. At age 25, Neustadter moved to study in Los Angeles, California, and shortly thereafter moved to Santa Monica, where he currently resides. Neustadter and Weber wrote the script for The Disaster Artist (2017), the adaptation of the book of the same name. 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. They are adapting The Rosie Project. Neustadter has been married to Lauren Rachelle Levy since October 9, 2010. The couple has one son and one daughter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Neustadter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Margate City, New Jersey
- Writer and producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Scott Neustadter's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Scott Neustadter's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Scott Neustadter's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
Dynamic Duo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Daisy Jones & The Six(2023)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Rosaline(2022)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Dil Bechara(2020)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Let It Snow(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Our Souls at Night(2017)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Disaster Artist(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Me Before You(2016)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Paper Towns(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Fault in Our Stars(2014)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Spectacular Now(2013)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Friends with Benefits(2011)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
500 Days of Summer(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Pink Panther 2(2009)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all filmsA Chris Farley Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Nothing to See Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 2009 to 2023.
Biggest box office
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Highest rated
Dil Bechara (2020)
Most popular right now
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
1 major award from 10 major nominations, 2010–2024.
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Limited Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Screenplay
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Screenplay, Original
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Screenplay
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Scott Neustadter's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 56/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Scott Neustadter's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Scott Neustadter work with?
People who share at least 2 of Scott Neustadter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael H. Weber shares the most, 10.
Directors
- James PonsoldtShared titles: Daisy Jones & The Six (2023), The Spectacular Now (2013)See all 2 shared titles with James Ponsoldt
Writers
- Michael H. WeberShared titles: Daisy Jones & The Six (2023), Rosaline (2022), Dil Bechara (2020), Our Souls at Night (2017), The Disaster Artist (2017), Paper Towns (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), The Spectacular Now (2013), 500 Days of Summer (2009), The Pink Panther 2 (2009)See all 10 shared titles with Michael H. Weber
- John GreenShared titles: Dil Bechara (2020), Paper Towns (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014)See all 3 shared titles with John Green
Actors
- Kaitlyn DeverShared titles: Rosaline (2022), The Spectacular Now (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kaitlyn Dever
- Nat WolffShared titles: Paper Towns (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nat Wolff
- Shailene WoodleyShared titles: The Fault in Our Stars (2014), The Spectacular Now (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Shailene Woodley
Composers
- Rob SimonsenShared titles: The Spectacular Now (2013), 500 Days of Summer (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Rob Simonsen
Producers
- Shawn LevyShared titles: Rosaline (2022), The Spectacular Now (2013), The Pink Panther 2 (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Shawn Levy
- Dan CohenShared titles: Rosaline (2022), The Spectacular Now (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Cohen
- Marty BowenShared titles: Paper Towns (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Marty Bowen
- Wyck GodfreyShared titles: Paper Towns (2015), The Fault in Our Stars (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Wyck Godfrey
