Sara Parriott

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Sara Parriott
NationalityAmerican
OccupationScreenwriter

Sara Parriott is an American screenwriter working in partnership with Josann McGibbon. The team's first major success was a screenwriter credit for the early Brad Pitt film, The Favor . Their major works since then include Three Men and a Little Lady , Runaway Bride and the Descendants franchise. Parriott was nominated for two primetime Emmys in 2007, [1] and won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2016 for Disney's 2015 television film Descendants . [2]

McGibbon & Parriott have been featured in interviews in IndieWire [3] and FSM Media, [4] among others.

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References

  1. Emmys – Sara Parriott
  2. "WGA Awards: 'Spotlight,' 'The Big Short' Take Top Film Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. February 13, 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  3. Indiewire interview
  4. FSM media review