who wrote elf the movie

Elf the movie was written by David Berenbaum, who also wrote the scripts for other Christmas movies like The Santa Clause and The Spiderwick Chronicles. The movie was directed by Jon Favreau, who also directed Iron Man, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book. Elf was a big success at the box office and has become a Christmas classic. The movie stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the elf, who travels to New York City to find his true identity as a human.