Matt Charman

Matt Charman (born 5 June 1979) is a British screenwriter and playwright.

Life and career

Charman was born in Crawley, West Sussex. His most recent feature film, Bridge of Spies (2015), is a Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, and Amy Ryan. Previously, he co-wrote Suite Française (2014) with director Saul Dibb, starring Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Margot Robbie.

Charman’s current film projects include the Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg project Patriots' Day; an adaptation of his 2013 play The Machine; and an untitled bank-heist drama to be directed by Matt Reeves.

His television work includes Our Zoo (2014) for the BBC and the ITV mini-series Black Work (2015), starring Sheridan Smith. Forthcoming work includes Opposite Number, a ten-part political thriller being filmed next year.

Charman got his start with the Soho Theatre when he won the 2004 Verity Bargate Award. His productions include three world premieres at London’s National Theatre, notably Five Wives of Maurice Pinder (2007) and The Observer (2009). In 2012, his play Regrets opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York.

Films

• 2014 – Suite Française (screenwriter)
• 2015 – Bridge of Spies (screenwriter)

Awards and Honours

• 2004 – Verity Bargate Award for his debut play A Night at the Dogs
• 2005 – Attachment at the Soho Theatre
• 2005 – Peggy Ramsay Award
• 2006 – Attachment to the Royal National Theatre Studio
• 2008 – Pearson Writer in Residence at the National Theatre
• 2009 – Catherine Johnson Award for The Observer

External links

• Matt Charman at the Internet Movie Database