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Matt Charman

Writer

MATT CHARMAN is a multi-award-winning British screenwriter, playwright, director and producer. He was nominated for an Academy and BAFTA award for his Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies (2016), directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Jesse Plemons, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, and Noah Schnapp. His debut feature was Suite Française (2015), directed by Saul Dibb and starring Michelle Williams, Kristin-Scott Thomas and Margot Robbie, and his upcoming sci-fi feature for Netflix The Mothership (2022)directed by Matt and starring Halle Berry, Molly Parker and Omari Hardwick, will be released later this year. Television credits include the BBC series Our Zoo (2014); ITV mini-series Blackwork (2015); and Amazon single film Oasis (2017), directed by Kevin MacDonald and starring Richard Madden, Antje Traue and Anil Kapoor. Via his London-based indie Binocular Productions, Matt is currently producing his self-penned 6-part spy drama Treason (2022) for Netflix. His work for the stage includes two world premieres at London’s National Theatre: The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder (2007) and The Observer (2009); Regrets (2012) starring Ansel Elgort, at New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club; and The Machine (2013), directed by Josie Rourke, which transferred to the Park Avenue Armory, New York after opening at Manchester International Festival. His first play A Night at the Dogs (2004) won the Verity Bargate Award.

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2015
Production (role):
BRIDGE OF SPIES
(Writer)
Company:
Dreamworks Studios
Project details:
Directed by Steven Spielberg

With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda

NOMINATED - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
NOMINATED - BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay
NOMINATED - Critics Choice Award for Best Original Screenplay
NOMINATED - WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay

12 other best original screenplay nominations
Date: 2014
Production (role):
SUITE FRANÇAISE
(Writer)
Company:
Qwerty Films / Alliance Films
Project details:
Directed by Saul Gibb

With Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Margot Robbie

NOMINATED - British Screenwriters' Award for Outstanding Newcomer for British Feature Film Writing
TELEVISION
Date: 2017
Production (role):
OASIS
(Writer)
Company:
Amazon Video
Project details:
1 x 60' Pilot

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

With Richard Madden, Antje Traue and Anil Kapoor
Date: 2015
Production (role):
BLACK WORK
(Writer)
Company:
ITV
Project details:
30 x 60' Original Mini-Series

With Sheridan Smith

NOMINATED - British Screenwriters' Awards for Outstanding Newcomer for British TV Writing
Date: 2014
Production (role):
OUR ZOO
(Writer)
Company:
Big Talk / BBC 1
Project details:
6 x 60' Original Drama
THEATRE
Date: 2013
Production (role):
THE MACHINE
Company:
Manchester International Festival
Date: 2012
Production (role):
REGRETS
Company:
Manhattan Theatre Club
Date: 2009
Production (role):
THE OBSERVER
Company:
National Theatre
Date: 2006
Production (role):
THE FIVE WIVES OF MAURICE PINDER
Company:
National Theatre
Date: 2005
Production (role):
A NIGHT AT THE DOGS
Company:
Soho Theatre

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): BRIDGE OF SPIES
    (Writer)
    Company: Dreamworks Studios
    Project details: Directed by Steven Spielberg

    With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda

    NOMINATED - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
    NOMINATED - BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay
    NOMINATED - Critics Choice Award for Best Original Screenplay
    NOMINATED - WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay

    12 other best original screenplay nominations
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): SUITE FRANÇAISE
    (Writer)
    Company: Qwerty Films / Alliance Films
    Project details: Directed by Saul Gibb

    With Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Margot Robbie

    NOMINATED - British Screenwriters' Award for Outstanding Newcomer for British Feature Film Writing
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): OASIS
    (Writer)
    Company: Amazon Video
    Project details: 1 x 60' Pilot

    Directed by Kevin Macdonald

    With Richard Madden, Antje Traue and Anil Kapoor
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): BLACK WORK
    (Writer)
    Company: ITV
    Project details: 30 x 60' Original Mini-Series

    With Sheridan Smith

    NOMINATED - British Screenwriters' Awards for Outstanding Newcomer for British TV Writing
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): OUR ZOO
    (Writer)
    Company: Big Talk / BBC 1
    Project details: 6 x 60' Original Drama
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): THE MACHINE
    Company: Manchester International Festival
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): REGRETS
    Company: Manhattan Theatre Club
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): THE OBSERVER
    Company: National Theatre
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): THE FIVE WIVES OF MAURICE PINDER
    Company: National Theatre
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): A NIGHT AT THE DOGS
    Company: Soho Theatre
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