Matt Charman

Charman was born in Crawley, West Sussex. His 2015 feature film, Bridge of Spies, is a Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen. The film starred Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, and Amy Ryan and has earned him a Best Original Screenplay nomination at both the 2016 Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. He has also been nominated for a WGA award and Critics' Choice award in the same category.

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 untitled bank-heist drama to be directed by Matt Reeves and Wilderness, a young adult drama for Nina Jacobson and Fox 2000.

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 later this 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.