Anthony McCarten is a writer, film director and producer who lives and works in London and Los Angeles. McCarten was born in 1961 in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth. In his youth, he worked as a reporter for a local newspaper for a couple of years, after which he studied at Massey University and Queen Victoria University in Wellington. His international success came with the play Ladies Night (1987). In 2000, after he published his first novel, he began his successful writing career. In 2014,
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Anthony McCarten is a writer, film director and producer who lives and works in London and Los Angeles.
McCarten was born in 1961 in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth. In his youth, he worked as a reporter for a local newspaper for a couple of years, after which he studied at Massey University and Queen Victoria University in Wellington.
His international success came with the play Ladies Night (1987). In 2000, after he published his first novel, he began his successful writing career.
In 2014, the film
The Stephen Hawking Universe , for which McCarten adapted Jane Hawking's memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen and produced, earned him two Oscar nominations for screenplay and best film.