Background
Scafaria was born and raised in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, the daughter of Gail and Joseph R. Scafaria. Her father was an Italian immigrant, from Gioia Tauro, Calabria.
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Lorene Scafaria
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Education
She attended Lafayette College in Pennsylvania for a year before switching to New Jersey"s Montclair State University when she could no longer afford Lafayette"s tuition.
Career
She is best known for her work on the films Nick & Norah"s Infinite Playlist and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the latter her debut as director in 2012. She began to take an interest in storytelling and had written and produced her first play in Red Bank, New Jersey by the age of seventeen.
Achievements
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She first became interested in writing when she would write up a report on a completely fake book once a month to win Pizza Hut gift certificates from her school. She also had a small role in the acclaimed short film, Bullet in the Brain, winner of nine festivals and produced by CJ Follini. In 2012, Scafaria and the "Fempire" received the Athena Festival Award for Creativity and Sisterhood.
Personality
She is good friends with fellow writers Diablo Cody (Juno), Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas), and Liz Meriwether (Number Strings Attached) with whom she collaborates in their writing group they call the "Fempire".
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