<Li> Nicole Tubbs as Children's Hospital Nurse </Li> <P> Screenwriter Dan Fogelman decided to produce the film after reading a manuscript of the 2012 novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl . The production company Indian Paintbrush and producers Steven M. Rales and Jeremy Dawson then got involved . Having never read or written a script before, Jesse Andrews adapted his own New York Times best - selling novel . Andrews' screenplay appeared on the 2012 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays . Director Alfonso Gomez - Rejon became interested in the project after reading a leaked copy of the script . He had worked as a production assistant and second - unit director for Nora Ephron, Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, and had been looking to direct his first personal film, to express his own cinematic vision and his grief for his late father . </P> <P> The film was shot over a four - week period for an estimated budget of under $5 million . Principal photography began on June 13, 2014, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; they started filming high school scenes on June 16 . Cinematographer Chung - hoon Chung shot the film digitally using Arri Alexa cameras with prime and anamorphic lenses in a widescreen 2.35: 1 aspect ratio . A Pittsburgh native, writer Jesse Andrews' family home in Point Breeze was used as Greg's house in the film . Rachel's house was located in Squirrel Hill, and Earl's house was in Braddock . Other locations included Schenley High School (closed since 2008), The Andy Warhol Museum, Copacetic Comics in Polish Hill, and a street corner in West Oakland, which served as an ice cream shop . The Criterion Collection lent its library of classic films for use in the book - and - DVD store in the film . </P> <P> Brian Eno scored the film using a combination of previously unreleased recordings and a few original compositions; Nico Muhly composed the music for the beginning high school sequence and final credits . Filmmakers Edward Bursch and Nathan O. Marsh made 21 stop motion animated and live - action short films to represent Greg and Earl's classic film parodies, including the final short film made for Rachel set to Brian Eno's "The Big Ship". Differing from the novel, director Gomez - Rejon felt the final film should reflect Greg's artistic growth and express his love for Rachel in an abstract way, using color, texture, and shapes, similar to the work of Stan Brakhage . </P>

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