Since graduating from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1996, Tony McNamara has created, written, and produced multiple award-winning films and television series.
Tony wrote box office hit CRUELLA, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson, and Academy Award-winning feature THE FAVOURITE, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone. THE FAVOURITE won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at Venice International Film Festival, the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, Best Screenplay at the BFI Awards, Screenwriter of the Year from London Film Critics’ Circle, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
POOR THINGS, also directed by Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, and Ramy Youssef, earned Tony his second Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and became one of 2023’s most Oscar-nominated films.
In television, Tony created, wrote and produced three seasons of the Emmy-nominated and WGA Award-winning Hulu series THE GREAT, which was based on his stage play starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. He previously created, wrote and produced DOCTOR DOCTOR for Channel 9, wrote for PUBERTY BLUES, LOVE MY WAY, and TANGLE, and had nine plays produced by the Sydney Theatre Company.
His latest film THE ROSES, directed by Jay Roach and starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, was released August 2025.
