Kelly Fremon Craig

Fremon Craig started out writing sketch comedy and spoken word poetry in college, then landed an internship in the film division of Immortal Entertainment, where she read her first film script and began to pursue screenwriting. She developed several screenplays during the 2000s, including a modern high school retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac and a comedic remake of the 2004 French drama Intimate Strangers for Paramount Pictures. One of her scripts, Ticket to Ride, caught the attention of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman. He bought the script under his The Montecito Picture Company as a directing vehicle for Reitman. According to Reitman, the script was rewritten at least 15 times. The film was released, under the new title Post Grad. The film was instead directed by Shrek director Vicky Jenson and was released in 2009 to critical and commercial disappointment.

In 2011, Fremon Craig completed another script titled Besties and sent the script over to James L. Brooks. Brooks bought the script and it was announced that Fremon Craig would direct the film and Brooks would serve as a producer and mentor for her first film.[1] No updates were issued for the feature until August 2015, when Hailee Steinfeld was announced to star in the film. Casting continued until October that same year, with filming commencing that same month. The film was released by STX Entertainment in Fall 2016 under its new title The Edge of Seventeen to critical praise and it was a modest financial hit. Fremon Craig also provided uncredited rewrites (and was briefly attached as co-screenwriter[2]) for the 2018 Transformers spin-off film Bumblebee, also starring Steinfeld.

Fremon Craig was attached as sole screenwriter for an animated film adaptation of Scooby-Doo for Warner Animation Group.[3] The film, released as Scoob! in 2020, was instead rewritten by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, Matt Lieberman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart.

• Wild Game, a film adaptation of the memoir Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me for Chernin Entertainment[4]
• A web series adaptation of The Edge of Seventeen for YouTube Premium[5]
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, a film adaptation of the classic novel for Gracie Films[6]

Craig has cited writer-director John Hughes as an influence on writing The Edge of Seventeen,[7][8] and has mentioned Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne, Nick Hornby, and David Sedaris as inspirations.[9]

• Intimate Strangers for Paramount Pictures[9]
• A modern day high school retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac for Level 1[9]
• The Good Life for Fox Searchlight Pictures[1]
• The Best Mistakes for Level 1[1]
• Lovehampton for The CW and Alloy Entertainment[1]
• An untitled pilot for CBS Television Studios and Uppity TV[1]
• Scoob! rewrites for Warner Animation Group and Warner Bros.