Matthew Michael Carnahan

Born 2000 · American screenwriter

Matthew Michael Carnahan is an American scriptwriter. Among his numerous works are screenplays for The Kingdom (2007); the film adaptation of the hit BBC television drama serial State of Play; and Lions for Lambs for United Artists. He also worked on the zombie film World War Z (2013). He wrote the screenplay for the feature film Dark Waters (2019), based on a 2016 feature article about industrial pollution in The New York Times magazine.

Matthew Michael Carnahan, in order

1. 2007 Lions for Lambs: wrote · directed by Robert Redford · critics 28%, audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
2. 2007 The Kingdom: wrote · directed by Peter Berg · critics 51%, audiences 76% · streaming on Starz
3. 2009 State of Play: wrote · directed by Kevin Macdonald · critics 84%, audiences 73%
4. 2013 World War Z: wrote · directed by Marc Forster · critics 67%, audiences 72% · streaming on Paramount+, Roku Channel, MGM+
5. 2016 Codes of Conduct (TV series): created, produced
6. 2016 Deepwater Horizon: wrote · directed by Peter Berg
7. 2019 21 Bridges: wrote · directed by Brian Kirk
8. 2019 Dark Waters: wrote · directed by Todd Haynes · critics 89%, audiences 95%
9. 2020 Mosul: directed, wrote