Tom McCarthy (director)
American filmmaker and actor
Tom McCarthy
Born Thomas Joseph McCarthy
(1966-06-07 ) June 7, 1966 (age 58) Education Boston College (BA ) Yale University (MFA ) Occupations Actor director screenwriter producer Years active 1992–present
Thomas Joseph McCarthy [1] (born June 7, 1966)[2] is an American filmmaker and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck , and television series such as The Wire , Boston Public and Law & Order .
McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing and directing work for the independent films The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), the last of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture , won McCarthy the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay , and earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director .
McCarthy also co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter , for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay . McCarthy also wrote Million Dollar Arm (2014), and directed and executive-produced for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
Early life
McCarthy was raised in New Providence, New Jersey , one of five children of Carol and Eugene F. "Gene" McCarthy;[3] [4] His father worked in the textile industry.[5] McCarthy was raised Catholic in a family of Irish descent .[6] He is a graduate of New Providence High School in New Providence, New Jersey and Boston College (1988), where he was a member of the improv comedy troupe My Mother's Fleabag; and the Yale School of Drama ,[7] [8] where he studied under Earle R. Gister .
Career
McCarthy spent several years doing stand-up comedy and theater in Minneapolis and Chicago before going into television and film.[9] He starred in Flags of Our Fathers as James Bradley , and in the final season of The Wire as the morally challenged reporter Scott Templeton . He made his Broadway debut in the 2001 revival of Noises Off!. [10]
McCarthy's directorial debut, The Station Agent , which he also wrote, won the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival . It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay , the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay , the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award , and awards at film festivals ranging from San Sebastian to Stockholm , Mexico City, and Aspen.[11]
McCarthy's second feature film was The Visitor , which premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival , and for which McCarthy won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director .[12] He appeared in the 2009 dramas The Lovely Bones and 2012 .[13] [14] In 2010, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the Pixar animated film Up , which he co-wrote.[15]
In 2010, McCarthy directed the unaired pilot for the HBO series Game of Thrones , but the final cut of the episode was poorly received by showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss .[16] McCarthy was replaced by Tim Van Patten , who directed the final version of the pilot that aired in 2011.[17] The experience discouraged McCarthy from returning to television directing for several years.[18]
He also co-wrote and directed 2011's Win Win , based on his experiences as a wrestler at New Providence High School.[19]
McCarthy's independent drama film Spotlight (2015) was widely acclaimed. It received six Academy Awards nominations, three Golden Globe Awards nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, and eight Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations.
McCarthy directed the first two episodes of 13 Reasons Why , from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television . It is based on the 2007 The New York Times bestselling YA book by Jay Asher .[20] In 2019, he signed a first-look TV deal with Fox 21 Television Studios (now 20th Television ).[21]
Filmography
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References
^ "Thomas McCarthy Biography ((?)-)" .
^ Jessica Iredale (June 23, 2011). "Boys' Night Out With Tom McCarthy" . WWD .
^ "Thomas McCarthy on His First Cast" . Wall Street Journal . March 18, 2015.
^ "Obituary: Eugene F. McCarthy of New Providence" . Independent Press . NJ.com . March 25, 2013.
^ Hoby, Hermione (May 20, 2011). "The 'man strength' behind Win Win's Thomas McCarthy" . The Guardian .
^ "Tom McCarthy Speaks About Opening 'Spotlight' In Catholic Italy, How He Cast Michael Keaton, And How Journalism Is Deteriorating" . Variety . September 3, 2015.
^ "The Heights 4 November 2003 — Boston College" . newspapers.bc.edu . Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "Five Yalies nominated for Academy Awards; two take home the prize" . yale.edu . March 2, 2016.
^ " 'Spotlight' writer-director Tom McCarthy on his time as a Chicago theater actor" . Chicago Tribune . November 10, 2015.
^ Wiltz, Teresa (September 3, 2001). "Down to "The Wire": It's a Wrap for Gritty TV Series" . The Washington Post . Retrieved September 3, 2007 .
^ "The Station Agent – Awards" . Retrieved March 14, 2008 .
^ Siegel, Tatiana (February 23, 2009). " 'The Wrestler' tops Spirit Awards" . Variety . Retrieved April 2, 2009 .
^ "HBO: The Wire: Inside" . HBO .
^ "Tom McCarthy to helm HBO's "Game of Thrones" starring Peter Dinklage" . www.moviejungle.com . Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2022 .
^ "The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved April 7, 2022 .
^ Hough, Q.V. (February 14, 2019). "Game of Thrones' Original Pilot Would Have Killed the Show Before It Began" . Screen Rant . Retrieved April 7, 2022 .
^ Oller, Jacob (September 14, 2020). "Game of Thrones' Disastrous Unaired Pilot Included Cersei as 'Medieval Dolly Parton,' Totally Different Daenerys Wedding" . SyFy . Retrieved April 7, 2022 .
^ Robinson, Joanna (February 3, 2016). "Game of Thrones Show-Runners Get Extremely Candid About Their Original "Piece of Sh—t" Pilot" . Vanity Fair . Retrieved April 7, 2022 .
^ Angelo, Megan. "Just Like the Good Old Days in the Ring" , The New York Times , March 18, 2011. Accessed July 25, 2012. ""I just called Joe and said, 'Let's develop a movie based on New Providence wrestling,' " Mr. McCarthy said.... Because of tax credits, they shot on Long Island rather than in New Providence. But they scouted locations tirelessly, most notably the office and home that Mr. Giamatti's character shuttles between.... Though the locations might have been fudged, the filmmakers kept New Providence High School in the film by using its banners, uniforms and wrestling mats, an effort facilitated by one of their former classmates, who's now the school's principal."
^ Andreeva, Nellie. [1] , "Deadline ", February 25, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2016.
^ Otterson, Joe (December 10, 2019). "Tom McCarthy Signs Overall Deal With Fox 21 Television Studios" . Variety . Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
^ Kit, Borys (December 12, 2017). "Joe Johnston to Direct Disney's 'Nutcracker and the Four Realms' Reshoots (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017 .
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