Alec Sokolow

Alec Sokolow
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	American
Years active	1992–present
Notable works	Toy Story Cheaper by the Dozen Evan Almighty
Relatives	Sam Sokolow (brother)

Alec Sokolow is an American screenwriter who has worked on such projects as the films Cheaper by the Dozen,[1] Toy Story,[2] Money Talks,^[citation needed] and Garfield: The Movie.[3] He frequently works with writing partner Joel Cohen.

Along with Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft, and Cohen, Sokolow was nominated in 1995 for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for his work on Toy Story.[4]

Beyond writing, Sokolow and Cohen jointly directed Monster Mash: The Movie (1995) and executive produced Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2008).

Selected writing credits

Movies

• NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (1992)
• Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Money Talks (1997)
• Goodbye Lover (1998)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
• Garfield: The Movie (2004)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• Daddy Day Camp (2007)
• Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2008)
• The Last Godfather (2010)
• Shooting an Elephant (2015)
• I am Jane Doe (2017)
• I Am Little Red (2017)
• Magic Arch 3D (2020)
• Norm of the North: Family Vacation (2020)
• Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park (2021)

Video games

• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011)

References

1. Holden, Steve (December 25, 2003). "Cheaper by the Dozen – Mining the Sanitized …". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
2. "Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition - WDSHE". Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
3. Scott, A. O. (June 11, 2004). "A Cat From the Comics, Full of Lasagna". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
4. "Academy Awards database". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

External links

• Alec Sokolow at IMDb