Park Pictures has signed director Tom McCarthy for commercial representation. McCarthy is an Oscar-nominated writer; his filmmaking has also garnered assorted honors.
Previously known primarily for his acting (The Wire,) McCarthy burst onto the filmmaking scene in 2003 as writer/director of his debut feature, The Station Agent, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award and the prestigious Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Additional recognition came from the BAFTA Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Writers Guild Awards, among others.
McCarthy’s next feature The Visitor premiered in 2007 to similar acclaim, winning the award for Best Screenplay from the San Diego Film Critics Society, the Satellite Award for Best Screenplay and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Direction.
After receiving a 2009 Oscar nomination for the screenplay for the Disney Pixar animated feature UP, co-written with Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, McCarthy went on to write and direct the 2011 dramedy Win Win, which won the Humanitas Prize that year for film and television writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. A Fox Searchlight release, Win Win starred Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan, and went on to be nominated for Best Original Screenplay by the WGA Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards.
In addition to his writing and directing, McCarthy continues his career as an actor with credits in such films as Flags of Our Fathers, Syriana, All the King’s Men, Duplicity and The Lovely Bones. He was also featured on the final season of the hit HBO drama series The Wire.
McCarthy has an ongoing overhead, development and production deal with Odd Lot Entertainment.
Director Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Dreams (Sex Love)” Wins Top Prize At The Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to "Dreams (Sex Love)" by director Dag Johan Haugerud.
Haynes called it a "meditation on love" that "cuts you to the quick with its keen intelligence."
The film focuses on a teenager played by Ella Øverbyer, infatuated with her female French teacher, and the reactions of her mother and grandmother when they discover her private writings. It's the third part of a trilogy Haugerud has completed in the past year. "Sex" premiered at Berlin in 2024, and "Love" was screened at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
The runner-up Silver Bear prize went to Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian drama "The Blue Trail." Argentine director Ivan Fund's rural saga "The Message" won the third-place Jury Prize.
The best director prize went to Huo Meng for "Living the Land," set in fast-changing 1990s China.
Rose Byrne was named best performer for her role as an overwhelmed mother in the Mary Bronstein-directed "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You." Andrew Scott won the supporting performer trophy for playing composer Richard Rodgers in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon."
The climax of the festival known as the Berlinale came on the eve of Germany's parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by migration and the economy.
The national election is being held seven months early, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition collapsed in a dispute about how to revitalize the country's economy.
Efforts to curb migration have emerged as a central issue in the campaign — along with the question of how to handle the... Read More