Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCarten (born 1961) is a New Zealand-born novelist, playwright, television writer, and filmmaker. He is best known for writing the biographical films The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). 2Early life McCarten was born and raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and attended Francis Douglas Memorial College. He worked as a reporter for a couple of years on The Taranaki Herald before studying for an Arts degree at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied creative writing with Bill Manhire. After leaving university, McCarten played in a production of King Lear. 2Career A three time Academy Award nominated and double BAFTA winning screenwriter and film producer of the films The Theory Of Everything and Darkest Hour, his film Bohemian Rhapsody became the biggest grossing drama and/or bio-pic of all time in 2018 , winning the 2019 Golden Globe for Best Picture (drama) and nominated for the 2019 Academy Award for Best Picture. He is also a celebrated novelist, author of seven novels, he received early international success with his play Ladies Night. In 2015 he was inducted as a Literary Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Authors. 3Novels McCarten's novels have been translated into 14 languages. His first novel, Spinners (Picador, 2000), was voted one of the top ten novels of that year by Esquire magazin