Tom McCarthy

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

June 7, 1966 · New Providence, New Jersey, USA

Birth name

Thomas Joseph McCarthy

Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for directing and writing The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director. 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. He also served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).