Anthony McCarten
Anthony McCarten (born April 28, 1961 in New Plymouth ) is a New Zealand writer , playwright , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
McCarten was born and raised in New Plymouth in 1961 . There he also attended the Francis Douglas Memorial College . Before studying art at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington, McCarten worked for several years as a reporter for the Taranaki Herald . He studied creative writing.
In 1987 he and his friend Stephen Sinclair wrote the play Ladies 'Night , with which they had international success: Ladies' Night was translated into 12 languages and won the Molière Prize in 2001 . McCarten wrote another 12 plays, several scripts, a book of poetry, short stories, and five novels.
McCarten has worked successfully as a screenwriter and film producer since 2008. He was nominated twice for the Oscars and won two British Academy Film Awards for his films The Discovery of Infinity (2015) and The Darkest Hour (2017) . Both films are based on his novels, which he adapted and produced himself.
In 2019, the film adaptation of his book The Two Pope , entitled The Two Popes with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce in the leading roles, was released on Netflix . He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Screenplay for his screenplay
In 2018 McCarten was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which, among other things, awards the Oscars every year. He lives in Los Angeles , London and Munich . He has three children.
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Plays
- Invitation to a Second Class Carriage , 1984
- Yellow Canary Mazurka , 1987
- Ladies' Night , 1987.
- Pigeon English , 1988
- Weed , 1990
- Via Satellite , 1991
- Hang on a Minute, Mate , 1992
- Ladies' Night 2 , 1992
- FILTH (Failed in London, Try Hong Kong) , 1995
- Four Cities aka "Continental Breakfast", 1996
- Brilliance , 2010
- Superhero , 2014
- Funny Girl , 2015
Scripts
- 1992: Nocturne in a Room (short film)
- 1995: Fluff (short film)
- 1999: Happy family or other disasters (Via Satellite)
- 2005: The English Harem (TV movie)
- 2008: Show of Hands
- 2011: At the end of a far too short day (Death of a Superhero)
- 2014: The Theory of Everything (The Theory Of Everything)
- 2017: The Darkest Hour
- 2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
- 2019: The two popes (The Two Popes)
Novels
- Spinners . 1999 (German love at the end of the world . Diogenes, Zurich 2011).
- The English Harem . 2002 (German English harem . Diogenes, Zurich 2008).
- Death of a superhero . 2006 (Ger. Superhero . Diogenes, Zurich 2007).
- Show of hands . Washington Square Press, New York 2009 ( Hand on heart . Diogenes, Zurich 2009).
- In the Absence of Heroes . 2012 (German. Quite normal heroes . Diogenes, Zurich 2012).
- Funny Girl (Original title: Funny Girl , translated by Manfred Allié and Gabriele Kempf-Allié). Diogenes, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-257-06892-4 .
- Brilliance (German light . Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 2017) ISBN 978-3-257-06994-5
- American Letters (German Jack , Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 2018) ISBN 978-3-257-06856-6
Non-fiction
- Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back from the Brink (Eng. The darkest hour: Churchill - When England stood on the edge , Ullstein Verlag, 2018) ISBN 978-3-548-37772-8
- The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World (Eng. The two Popes: Francis and Benedict and the decision that changed everything , Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 2019) ISBN 978-3-257-07050-7
Awards
- 2001: "Molière du meilleur spectacle comique" for Ladies Night
- 2008: Shortlist for the German Youth Literature Prize with the youth book Superhero
- 2015: British Academy Awards ( BAFTA ) in the categories of "Best British Film" and "Best Adapted Screenplay" for The Discovery of Infinity
- 2015: Oscar nomination in the categories "best film" and "best adapted screenplay" for The Discovery of Infinity
- 2018: Oscar nomination in the "best film" category for The Darkest Hour
Web links
- Literature by and about Anthony McCarten in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anthony McCarten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Anthony McCarten . Literature circle, archived from the original on March23, 2010; accessed on July 12, 2018(English, original website no longer available).
- Portrait with interview on booksection.de (2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
- ↑ Anthony McCarten: Zombie in Luck In: Die Zeit , No. 31/2013 of July 25, 2013, accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ↑ As of today I wear burqa ... Review by Perlentaucher on August 4th, 2014.
- ↑ Charlotte Theile : Burka and Micro. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, quoted from buecher.de. August 4, 2014, accessed October 16, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCarten, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand writer and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Plymouth |