David Sheff

David Sheff wrote a beautiful book called, appropriately enough, Beautiful Boy — A Father’s Journey Through Beautiful Boy's Son’s Meth Addiction, one of the most compelling portrayals I’ve ever read of a parent’s loss of a child to drugs.

Dave Sheff

Dave Sheff wrote Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through Dave Sheff's Son’s Addiction.

The screenplay , written by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen

The screenplay, written by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen is based on the true life memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through Clay's Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff.

Nic Sheff

“Beautiful Boy,” starring Steve Carell and Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Critics’ Choice Nominee Timothée Chalamet, is based on the best-selling memoirs from David and Nic Sheff and chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.