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Anthony McCarten

1961 - Today

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Anthony McCarten (born 28 April 1961) is a New Zealand writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing big-budget biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Two Popes (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). McCarten has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including twice for Best Adapted Screenplay, for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony McCarten is the 6,411th most popular writer (down from 6,227th in 2024), the 119th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular New Zealander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anthony McCarten ranks 6,411 out of 7,302. Before him are Glenn Greenwald, Michael McClure, Alice Hoffman, Dick King-Smith, Ann Coulter, and Gilles Leroy. After him are Gerbrand Bakker, Linda Maria Baros, Joanna Baillie, Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, and Joel Barlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Anthony McCarten ranks 582. Before him are Ann Coulter, Mustafa El Haddaoui, Tetsuya Totsuka, Hiro Yamamoto, Jim Hanks, and Mauro Galvão. After him are Pascal Olmeta, Timothy Geithner, Matt Ghaffari, Frédéric Antonetti, Aleksandr Kurlovich, and John Hillcoat.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Anthony McCarten ranks 119 out of 303. Before him are Peter Hambleton (1960), Liam Lawson (2002), Zoë Bell (1978), Simon Dickie (1951), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), and Anand Satyanand (1944). After him are Jim Bolger (1935), Graham McRae (1940), Niki Caro (1967), Onny Parun (1947), Mark Hunt (1974), and Alexander Aitken (1895).

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Among WRITERS In New Zealand

Among writers born in New Zealand, Anthony McCarten ranks 9. Before him are Janet Frame (1924), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keri Hulme (1947), Margaret Mahy (1936), and Philippa Boyens (2000). After him are Ruth Park (1917).

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