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Allison Schroeder is an American
screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
and producer. She co-wrote the film ''
Hidden Figures ''Hidden Figures'' is a 2016 American Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction Hidden Figures (boo ...
'' with
Theodore Melfi Theodore Melfi is an American filmmaker. His second film, ''St. Vincent (film), St. Vincent'' starring Bill Murray, was released in 2014. In 2016, Melfi co-wrote (alongside Allison Schroeder), directed, and produced ''Hidden Figures'', for which ...
, earning a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, mus ...
. Schroeder's other writing credits include ''
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'', ''
Frozen II ''Frozen 2'', stylized as ''Frozen II'', is a 2019 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures as the sequel to '' Frozen'' (2013). The film was directed by Chris Buck ...
'', '' Heart of Stone, ''and the newest of her writings,'' A Minecraft Movie''.


Early and personal life

Schroeder graduated from
Melbourne High School Melbourne High School is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Single-sex education, single-sex Selective school, academically selective secondary school, secondary day school for boys, located in the Melbourne suburb ...
in Florida. While in high school, Schroeder interned at
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
, where Schroeder's grandparents worked. She majored in economics at
Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
, and after working as a consultant for two years, Schroeder went to
University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
to earn a Masters of Fine Arts in the Film Production Program. In 2016, Schroeder married writer Aaron Brownstein. They have a daughter, Emily, born in 2016.


Career

Schroeder began her writing career as a staff writer on ''90210'' and also wrote two made-for-TV movies. She then when on to create the show ''Side Effects,'' a musical drama about a teenage girl and her family. ''Side Effects'' originally debuted in 2013 as a long-form special on the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel, co-produced by AwesomenessTV and Universal Cable Productions. It then went on to air as a 90-minute special on ''E!.'' In 2013, she also sold her spec script ''Agatha'' to Paramount Pictures with Will Gluck attached to direct; Disruption Entertainment’s Mary Parent and Cale Boyter were producing along with Benderspink. The script was described as an action adventure which surmises what really happened to Agatha Christie during the 11 days she went missing. In 2014, producer Donna Gigliotti hired Schroeder to pen the script for ''Hidden Figures'', after optioning the book proposal by Margot Shetterly. Schroeder interned at NASA and her grandfather and grandmother also worked there, providing her with first-hand insight in the world of NASA. She won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Humanitas and Veritas Awards for co-writing ''Hidden Figures''. Schroeder was also nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA, and WGA Award. After ''Hidden Figures'', Schroeder went on to co-write ''Christopher Robin'' starring Ewan McGregor for Disney, in which she said she spent months thinking up "Pooh-isms." Schroeder was nominated for a second Humanitas Award for co-writing the script. In 2017, she also took out a pitch for a movie about Susan Fowler, the Uber engineer whistleblower. Good Universe beat out three other bidders to land ''Disruptors'' with Schroeder penning the script and Kristin Burr producing. In 2018, Schroeder joined ''Frozen II'' to co-write with Jennifer Lee. ''Frozen II'' ended up breaking box office records, earning well-over a billion dollars. Schroeder was then tapped in 2019 to pen a script for the video game adaption of ''Minecraft'' at Warner Brothers. In August 2023,
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released '' Heart of Stone'', an action-thriller starring
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whose script was written by Schroeder and
Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', '' Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well ...
. The film was directed by Tom Harper and had over 100 million views on Netflix, making it one of the most watched films on Netflix in 2023. In March 2025,
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and
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released '' A Minecraft Movie,'' an action adventure comedy film. The script for this film was written, Chris Bowman, and Hubbel Palmer, and Schroeder, adding to her list of successful movies. It was directed by
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. The film has become the biggest film of the year reaching $200 million in seven days, besting '' Captain America: Brave New World''.


Filmography


Film and television


Awards and nominations

For - ''
Hidden Figures ''Hidden Figures'' is a 2016 American Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction Hidden Figures (boo ...
'' (with
Theodore Melfi Theodore Melfi is an American filmmaker. His second film, ''St. Vincent (film), St. Vincent'' starring Bill Murray, was released in 2014. In 2016, Melfi co-wrote (alongside Allison Schroeder), directed, and produced ''Hidden Figures'', for which ...
) *Nominated:
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, mus ...
*Nominated:
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay The BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (B ...
*Nominated: USC Scripter Award *Nominated: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay *Nominated:
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenp ...
*Winner: Humanitas Prize for Feature Film (tied with
Hacksaw Ridge ''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 epic biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary '' The Conscientious Objector'' directed by Terry Benedict. Set in World War II, A ...
)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroeder, Allison Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women screenwriters American writers Melbourne High School alumni Screenwriters from Florida Stanford University alumni University of Southern California alumni 21st-century American women