---
name: "Meg LeFauve"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/meg-lefauve"
fi1m_id: "meg-lefauve"
imdb_id: "nm0498834"
tmdb_id: 1457025
wikidata_id: "Q19880918"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-27T19:38:30.527370+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Meg LeFauve

## Identity

Meg LeFauve

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/meg-lefauve
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** meg-lefauve
- **IMDb ID:** nm0498834
- **TMDB ID:** 1457025
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19880918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_LeFauve, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457025

Writer. Born 19 October 1969 in Warren, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 October 1969, Warren, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Amy Poehler](https://film.one/person/amy-poehler.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (3), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 2, Comedy 2, Family 2, Action 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,688m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_LeFauve, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457025

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Inside Out*](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md) (87), [*Inside Out 2*](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Meg LeFauve is an American screenwriter and film producer. She was raised in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Syracuse University. She began her career as president and producer at Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's production company, where she produced films including *The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys* (2002).

LeFauve is known for her work on Pixar animated features. She co-wrote the screenplay for *Inside Out* (2015), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and returned to co-write the screenplay with Dave Holstein for *Inside Out 2* (2024). She also contributed to the story and screenplay of *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), the story for *Captain Marvel* (2019), and the screenplay and story for *My Father's Dragon* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Fi1m 60, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *My Father's Dragon* (2022), Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Story — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Screenplay, Story
- *Inside Out* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys* (2002), Producer
- *The Baby Dance* (1998), Producer
- *Salvation Creek*, Script Consultant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2016: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Inside Out*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Outstanding Television Movie (nominated), for *Baby Blues*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Annie Award 2016: Annie Award (nominated), for *Inside Out*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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