Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCarten (* 1961 in New Plymouth) is a writer and filmmaker from New Zealand.

Life

Anthony McCarten wrote in 1987 together with his friend Stephen Sinclair the play Ladies 'Night, with whom they had international success: Ladies' Night has been translated into 12 languages ​​and won the 2001 Molière Award. The resemblance to The Full Monty prompted the authors in 1998, 20th Century Fox to $ 230 million to sue for damages.

McCarten wrote another 12 plays, several screenplays, a book of poems, short stories and five novels. He lives in Los Angeles, Wellington and London.

Plays

  • Invitation to a Second Class Carriage, 1984
  • Yellow Canary Mazurka, 1987
  • Ladies' Night, 1987.
  • Pigeon English, 1988
  • Weed, 1990
  • Via Satellite, 1991
  • Hang on a minute, mate, 1992
  • Ladies' Night 2, 1992
  • FILTH (Failed in London, Try Hong Kong ), 1995
  • Four Cities aka " Continental Breakfast", 1996
  • Brilliance, 2010

Screenplays

Novels

  • Spinners. 1999 ( German love at the end of the world. Diogenes, Zurich, 2011).
  • The English Harem. 2002 ( German English Harem. Diogenes, Zurich 2008).
  • Death of a Superhero. 2006 ( German Superhero. Diogenes, Zurich 2007).
  • Show Of Hands. Washington Square Press, New York 2009 (German Hand on heart. Diogenes, Zurich 2009).
  • In the Absence of Heroes. 2012 ( German Ordinary heroes. Diogenes, Zurich, 2012).
  • Funny Girl. (German Funny Girl. Diogenes, Zurich 2014).

Awards

  • 2001: Moliere Price
  • 2008: selection list for the German Youth Literature Prize with the YA Superhero
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