“One of the amazing things about being a writer and a director is you get to take all of the setbacks and turn them into plot points. “I was the last kid chosen for dodgeball every week in Pittsburgh throughout most of the ‘90s,” said Federle, who also made bus trips to New York to audition. When he doesn’t get cast in his school play, Nate and best friend Libby (Aria Brooks) sneak off to New York City for a Broadway audition and to visit Nate’s Aunt Heidi (Lisa Kudrow). In “Better Nate Than Ever,” Pittsburgher Nate (Rueby Wood), 13, has Broadway dreams. Tim Federle grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs as a theater kid, realized his dream of appearing on Broadway, became an author and now is a scriptwriter/showrunner/director with the movie “Ferdinand” and Disney+’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” among his credits.īut his film directorial debut, an adaptation of his 2013 novel “Better Nate Than Ever,” marks his most autobiographical effort to date.
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