Kelly Fremon Craig

She is known for writing and directing the 2016 coming-of-age dramedy The Edge of Seventeen and the 2023 adaptation of Judy Blume's classic middle-grade novel, Are You There God?

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.

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.

[1] Fremon Craig also provided uncredited rewrites (and was briefly attached as co-screenwriter[4]) for the 2018 Transformers spin-off film, Bumblebee, which also starred Steinfeld.

in 2020, was instead rewritten by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, Matt Lieberman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart.

Fremon Craig collaborated again with James L. Brooks in the film adaptation of the Judy Blume book Are You There God?

[6] Fremon Craig has cited writer-director John Hughes as an influence on writing The Edge of Seventeen,[10][11] and has mentioned Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne, Nick Hornby, and David Sedaris as inspirations.