---
name: "Matthew Michael Carnahan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-michael-carnahan"
fi1m_id: "matthew-michael-carnahan"
imdb_id: "nm1996352"
tmdb_id: 36603
wikidata_id: "Q18823"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:27:50.069516+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matthew Michael Carnahan

## Identity

Matthew Michael Carnahan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-michael-carnahan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-michael-carnahan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1996352
- **TMDB ID:** 36603
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18823
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Michael_Carnahan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36603

Writer. Born 1 January 2000 in Port Huron.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Port Huron
- **Active:** 2013–2016
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Michael_Carnahan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1996352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36603

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Deepwater Horizon*](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matthew Michael Carnahan is an American screenwriter and film director. He is the brother of director Joe Carnahan.

His screenwriting credits include *The Kingdom* (2007), *Lions for Lambs* (2007), *State of Play* (2009), *World War Z* (2013), *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), *21 Bridges* (2019) and *Dark Waters* (2019). He also directed and wrote the screenplay for *Mosul* (2019), and created the television miniseries *Codes of Conduct* (2016).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dark Waters* (2019), Writer
- *21 Bridges* (2019), Screenplay
- *Mosul* (2019), Director, Screenplay
- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Screenstory, Screenplay
- *State of Play* (2009), Screenplay
- *Lions for Lambs* (2007), Producer, Writer
- *The Kingdom* (2007), Screenplay
- *Violent Talent*, Director, Screenplay
- *The Gatekeeper*, Director

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/matthew-michael-carnahan