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name: "Anthony McCarten"
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roles: ["Writer","Producer","Screenwriter"]
born: "28 April 1961"
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updated: "2026-09-17T08:01:21.757904+00:00"
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# Anthony McCarten

Writer and producer. Born 28 April 1961 in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Screenwriter
- **Born:** 28 April 1961, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573610, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565026/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041394

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Theory of Everything*](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md) (72)

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## Biography

Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand writer, screenwriter, novelist and film producer. Born on 28 April 1961 in New Plymouth, he worked as a journalist before studying at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington. He began his career as a playwright, co-writing the successful stage play *Ladies Night* (1987) with Stephen Sinclair.

McCarten is best known for his screenplays for biographical films, including *The Theory of Everything* (2014), for which he also served as producer, *Darkest Hour* (2017), *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), *The Two Popes* (2019) and *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for *The Theory of Everything* and *The Two Popes*, and won two BAFTA awards for the former.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Fi1m 72, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)

## Also known for

- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Writer, Story
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Screenplay
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Writer
- *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022), Writer
- *Death of a Superhero* (2011), Screenplay, Novel

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