Jeffrey D. Nathanson (born October 12, 1965) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.

Nathanson was born on October 12, 1965, in Los Angeles County, California. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, as an English major from 1983 to 1985. While at UC Santa Barbara, he worked on the school's newspaper, the Daily Nexus, and has stated that the courses he took at UC Santa Barbara led him to want to become a screenwriter. He later enrolled in the screenwriting programme at the AFI Conservatory for one year.

He is best known for his work on the Rush Hour sequels Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, and The Last Shot. He co-wrote a story draft for the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) with George Lucas; the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. He wrote the screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), on which he also received a story by co-credit, the latter with Terry Rossio. He wrote the script for the 2019 live-action remake of The Lion King for Disney, directed by Jon Favreau. He has also been announced to write its upcoming prequel, Mufasa: The Lion King, directed instead by Barry Jenkins.

On October 3, 2017, it was reported that Nathanson would be penning a script for a biographical film directed by Brett Ratner based on the life of the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who will be portrayed by Academy Award winner Jared Leto, but the biopic was put indefinitely on hold and it was confirmed that Leto would not portray the Playboy founder following the emergence of sexual harassment allegations against Ratner on November 2, 2017.

Nathanson was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for his work on Catch Me If You Can.

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Da Wikipedia: Jeff Nathanson è uno sceneggiatore, regista e produttore cinematografico statunitense. Noto per il suo lavoro negli ultimi due capitoli della serie di film Rush Hour, ha inoltre sceneggiato i film di Steven Spielberg The Terminal e Prova a prendermi. Ha collaborato assieme a George Lucas allo script di Indiana Jones e il regno del teschio di cristallo, sceneggiato da David Koepp.

Nel gennaio 2013 è stato ingaggiato per scrivere il quinto capitolo della saga di Pirati dei Caraibi intitolato Pirati dei Caraibi - La vendetta di Salazar, il film è uscito nel 2017.

Il 14 ottobre 2016, riceve sempre dalla Disney l'incarico di scrivere il remake in live action de Il re leone diretto da Jon Favreau, inoltre scriverà la sceneggiatura del sesto film di Pirati dei Caraibi assieme agli sceneggiatori dei primi quattro film, Ted Elliott e Terry Rossio.

Jeffrey D. Nathanson（1965 年 10 月 12 日出生）是美国编剧、导演和制片人。

Nathanson 于 1965 年 10 月 12 日出生于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县。1983年至1985年，他就读于加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校，主修英语。在加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校期间，他在学校的报纸《每日关系》上工作，并表示他在加州大学圣巴巴拉分校学习的课程使他想成为一名编剧。后来，他参加了AFI音乐学院的编剧课程，为期一年。

他最出名的作品是《尖峰时刻》续集《尖峰时刻 2》和《尖峰时刻 3》、《如果可以的话就抓住我》、《终点站》和《最后一枪》。他与乔治·卢卡斯（George Lucas）共同撰写了电影《印第安纳琼斯与水晶骷髅王国》（2008）的故事草稿;这部电影由史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格执导。他为《加勒比海盗：死人不讲故事》（2017 年）撰写了剧本，他还获得了一个与特里·罗西奥 （Terry Rossio） 合作的故事。他为乔恩·费儒执导的迪士尼真人版《狮子王》撰写了 2019 年剧本。他还被宣布将编写即将上映的前传《木法沙：狮子王》，由巴里·詹金斯执导。

2017 年 10 月 3 日，据报道，内森森将为布雷特·拉特纳执导的传记电影撰写剧本，该电影改编自《花花公子》创始人休·海夫纳的生平，该电影将由奥斯卡金像奖得主杰瑞德·莱托饰演，但这部传记片被无限期搁置，并确认莱托不会在 11 月 2 日出现针对拉特纳的性骚扰指控后饰演花花公子创始人， 2017.

Nathanson因其在《Catch Me If You Can》中的工作而获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖最佳原创剧本奖提名。