page_title: Tom McCarthy (director)
hierarchical_section_title: Tom McCarthy (director)
caption_attribution_description: 38th Mill Valley Film Festival: Opening Night &#x7c; Tom Hooper and Tom McCarthy &#x7c; Photos: Andrea Salles/Dig In Magazine
context_page_description: Thomas Joseph McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television series such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order etc.
  McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction work for the independent films The Station Agent, The Visitor, Win Win, and Spotlight, the last of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, won McCarthy the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.
  Additionally, McCarthy co-wrote the film Up with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy also wrote the film Million Dollar Arm and served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why.
context_section_description: Thomas Joseph McCarthy (born June 7, 1966) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television series such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order etc.
  McCarthy has received critical acclaim for his writing/direction work for the independent films The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), the last of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, won McCarthy the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.
  Additionally, McCarthy co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. McCarthy also wrote the film Million Dollar Arm (2014) and served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
caption: McCarthy at the 2015 Mill Valley Film Festival
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