Tom McCarthy (director)

Tom McCarthy
Tom McCarthy
	McCarthy at the 2015 Mill Valley Film Festival
Born	Thomas Joseph McCarthy; June 7, 1966; New Providence, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Boston College (BA); Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1992–present

Thomas Joseph McCarthy[1] (born June 7, 1966)[2] is an American film director, screenwriter, 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, Law & Order etc.

McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction 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.

Additionally, McCarthy 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 the film Million Dollar Arm (2014) and served as a director and executive producer 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] Gene worked in the textile industry.[5] McCarthy was raised Catholic, in a family of Irish descent.[6] McCarthy is a graduate of New Providence High School in New Providence, New Jersey; Boston College, Class of 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 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. The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. The Station Agent also won 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. For The Visitor, McCarthy won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director.[12] McCarthy appeared in the 2009 dramas The Lovely Bones and 2012.[13][14] In 2010, McCarthy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the animated film Up.

He also co-wrote and directed 2011's Win Win based on his experiences as a wrestler at New Providence High School.[15]

McCarthy's most recent film, the independent drama film Spotlight, received widespread acclaim following its release in 2015. The film 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. The show is based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling YA book by Jay Asher.[16] In 2019, he signed a deal with Fox 21 Television Studios.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credit			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2003	The Station Agent	Yes	Yes		BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
2007	The Visitor	Yes	Yes
2009	Up		Story		Nominated – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
2011	Win Win	Yes	Yes	Yes
2014	Million Dollar Arm		Yes
2014	The Cobbler	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Spotlight	Yes	Yes		Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Academy Award for Best Director Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Director Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
2018	Christopher Robin[18]		Yes
2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms		Uncredited		Rewrites on reshoots[19]
2020	Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made	Yes	Yes	Yes
TBA	Stillwater	Yes	Yes	Yes	Post-production

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Crossing the Bridge	Chris
1993	Rift	Bartender #1
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Helicopter Spotter
1999	In My Sister's Shadow	Michael Butler
1999	30 Days	Brad Drazin
2000	Certain Guys	Mitch
2000	Meet the Parents	Dr. Robert "Bob" Banks
2002	The Guru	Lars
2004	The Last Shot	Agent Pike
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Palmer Williams
	Syriana	Fred Franks
	The Great New Wonderful	David Burbage
2006	All the King's Men	Editor
	The Situation	Major Hanks
	Beautiful Ohio	Older William Messerman
	Flags of Our Fathers	James Bradley
2007	Year of the Dog	Pier
2007	Michael Clayton	Walter	Voice only
2008	Baby Mama	Kate's Date
2009	Mammoth	Bob
	Duplicity	Jeff Bauer
	The Lovely Bones	Principal Caden
	2012	Gordon Silberman
2010	Jack Goes Boating	Dr. Bob
	Fair Game	Jeff
	Little Fockers	Dr. Bob
2015	Pixels	Michael the Robot

Television

Year	Title	Credit			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2010	Game of Thrones	Yes			Unaired pilot
2011	Game of Thrones			Consulting	Episode "Winter Is Coming"
2017	13 Reasons Why	Yes		Executive	Episodes "Tape 1, Side A" and "Tape 1, Side B"
2019	The Loudest Voice		Yes	Executive	Also creator

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Mary & Tim	Tim Melville	[20]
1996	New York Undercover	Gus Farina	Episode "Toy Soldiers"
1998	Saint Maybe	Ian Bedloe
1998	Spin City	Priest	Episode "Bye, Bye, Birdie"
2000	D.C.	Joseph Scott	Episode "Truth"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nick Ganzer	Episode "Contact"
	Ally McBeal	Peter Hanks	Episode "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2000–2001	Boston Public	Kevin Riley	14 episodes
2001	The Practice	Kevin Riley	Episode "The Day After"
2002–2008	Law & Order	Various characters	3 episodes
2008	The Wire	Scott Templeton	10 episodes
2020	Little America	Professor Robbins	Episode "The Cowboy"

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award
2003	The Station Agent	Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay Sundance Film Festival Audience Award (Dramatic) Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
2007	The Visitor	Brisbane International Film Festival Interfaith Award Deauville American Film Festival Grand Special Prize Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Method Fest Independent Film Festival Award for Best Director Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Director Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
2009	Up	Nominated – Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form
2011	Win Win	Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
2014	The Cobbler	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best DVD or Blu-ray Release
2015	Spotlight	AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Director Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Original Screenplay Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Director Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Boston Online Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Chicago International Film Festival Best Narrative English-Language Feature Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Director Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Nominated – Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Nominated – Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Director Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Director Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated – Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

References

"Thomas McCarthy Biography ((?)-)".
Jessica Iredale. "Boys' Night Out With Tom McCarthy". WWD.
"Thomas McCarthy on His First Cast". Wall Street Journal. 18 March 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 2017-02-27.
"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 2007-09-03.
"The Station Agent – Awards". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
Siegel, Tatiana (2009-02-23). "'The Wrestler' tops Spirit Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
"HBO: The Wire: Inside". HBO.
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. , "Deadline", February 25, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2016.
Otterson, Joe (2019-12-10). "Tom McCarthy Signs Overall Deal With Fox 21 Television Studios". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
McNary, Dave. "'Spotlight's' Tom McCarthy to Re-Write Disney's Live-Action 'Christopher Robin'". Variety. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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.
Havan_IronOak (3 November 1996). "Mary & Tim (TV Movie 1996)". IMDb.

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[1] "Thomas McCarthy Biography ((?)-)".

[2] Jessica Iredale. "Boys' Night Out With Tom McCarthy". WWD.

[3] "Thomas McCarthy on His First Cast". Wall Street Journal. 18 March 2015.

[4] "Obituary: Eugene F. McCarthy of New Providence". Independent Press. NJ.com. March 25, 2013.

[5] Hoby, Hermione (May 20, 2011). "The 'man strength' behind Win Win's Thomas McCarthy". The Guardian.

[6] "Tom McCarthy Speaks About Opening 'Spotlight' In Catholic Italy, How He Cast Michael Keaton, And How Journalism Is Deteriorating". Variety. September 3, 2015.

[7] "The Heights 4 November 2003 — Boston College". newspapers.bc.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-27.

[8] "Five Yalies nominated for Academy Awards; two take home the prize". yale.edu. March 2, 2016.

[9] "'Spotlight' writer-director Tom McCarthy on his time as a Chicago theater actor". Chicago Tribune. November 10, 2015.

[S5-10] Wiltz, Teresa (September 3, 2001). "Down to "The Wire": It's a Wrap for Gritty TV Series". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-09-03.

[SA-11] "The Station Agent – Awards". Retrieved 2008-03-14.

[12] Siegel, Tatiana (2009-02-23). "'The Wrestler' tops Spirit Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2009-04-02.

[13] "HBO: The Wire: Inside". HBO.

[15] 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."

[16] Andreeva, Nellie. , "Deadline", February 25, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2016.

[17] Otterson, Joe (2019-12-10). "Tom McCarthy Signs Overall Deal With Fox 21 Television Studios". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[18] McNary, Dave. "'Spotlight's' Tom McCarthy to Re-Write Disney's Live-Action 'Christopher Robin'". Variety. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[19] 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.

[20] Havan_IronOak (3 November 1996). "Mary & Tim (TV Movie 1996)". IMDb.