Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria is an American screenwriter, playwright, actress, singer, and film director. She is best known for her work on the films Nick amp Norahs Infinite Playlist and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the latter her debut as director in 2012.

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. 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 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. She attended Lafayette College in Pennsylvania for a year before switching to New Jerseys Montclair State University when she could no longer afford Lafayettes tuition.

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