Biography
Jeff Nathanson is an American screenwriter. He was born on 12 October 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and studied screenwriting at the AFI Conservatory.
Nathanson wrote the screenplays for Catch Me If You Can (2002) and The Terminal (2004), both directed by Steven Spielberg. His other credits include Rush Hour 2 (2001), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), The Lion King (2019) and Mufasa: The Lion King (2024).
