Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCartenAnthony McCarten was born April 28, 1961 and is a poet, fiction writer, screenwriter, and playwright. He was born and raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and went to Francis Douglas Memorial College. He worked as a reporter for a couple years on The Taranaki Herald before he studied for an Arts degree at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied creative writing with Bill Manhire. McCarten, after he left university, appeared in a production King Lear.