Anthony McCarten

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anthony McCarten
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Apr 28, 1961(1961-04-28)
Age	63
Birthplace	New Plymouth
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Taranaki
Horoscope	Aries

Anthony McCarten Biography

Anthony McCarten is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on April 28, 1961 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. Award-winning screenwriter writer, producer, novelist, and playwright who wrote major films like Darkest Hour and Bohemian Rhapsody. He received Oscar nominations for his work on The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.

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McCarten is a celebrated novelist and author of seven novels. 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 magazine. McCarten published his second novel, The English Harem, in 2002, which he later adapted for the screen. It was broadcast on ITV in December 2005.

In 2007, he wrote his third novel Death of a Superhero, then adapted the screenplay, executive produced the film, and wrote the book of the stage musical. It won the 2008 Austrian Youth Literature Prize and was a finalist for the 2008 German Youth Literature Prize. His fourth novel, Show Of Hands, was published in Europe, and in the US by Simon and Schuster in 2009. McCarten directed the big screen adaptation and the movie had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival, 2008, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director at the New Zealand Film Awards. The sequel novel to Death of a Superhero, In The Absence Of Heroes, was published in 2012, and was a finalist for the 2013 New Zealand Fiction Prize and was longlisted for the 2014 Dublin International IMPAC Literary Award. 2013 saw the release of Brilliance (Alma Books (UK), Hawthorne Books (USA)), the Gilded Age story of Thomas Edison, the legendary inventor of the first commercially practical incandescent light, and his transforming friendship with the giant of the late 19th-century financial world, J.P. Morgan. In 2015 he was inducted as a Literary Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Authors.

He is the father of three kids and often moves from London, Los Angeles and Munich.

Anthony McCarten Net Worth

Anthony McCarten is one of the richest Screenwriter from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anthony McCarten 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was educated at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington.

He was elected an Author Fellow from the New Zealand Society of Authors in 2015.

Anthony McCarten (born 28 April 1961) is a New Zealand novelist, playwright, journalist, television writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing the biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and The Two Popes (2019). He received Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.

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In 2017, McCarten wrote and co-produced a film about Winston Churchill, Darkest Hour. It stars Gary Oldman as Churchill, who has received critical acclaim for his performance. The film received 6 Academy Award nominations, with McCarten earning one as producer in the category of Best Picture. He was also nominated for two BAFTA awards for his role as producer, Best British Film and Best Film.

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Anthony Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Anthony McCarten celebrates birthday on April 28 of every year.

In June, 2018, his work of historical non-fiction, Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back From The Brink ranked number 1 on the UK non-fiction charts, enjoying ten weeks as a Sunday Times Bestseller.

Is Anthony McCarten Catholic?

McCarten was raised a Catholic , but no longer practises the religion. “Being a Catholic was like living in an airless room,” he says.

Who wrote Two Popes?

Anthony McCarten

Did Bohemian Rhapsody lose money?

Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Lost $51M In Profit Despite Grossing $911M. The screenwriter of Bohemian Rhapsody is suing for his share of the back-end profits because the film is reported as losing $51 million.

How much did it cost to make Bohemian Rhapsody movie?

“Bohemian Rhapsody” tells the story of the band Queen and its frontman, Freddie Mercury. The film cost about $55 million to produce, which would appear to make it incredibly profitable.

Are Pope Francis and Benedict friends?

Popes Francis and Benedict are openly hostile to each other , claims book | World | The Times.