Matthew Carnahan

MATTHEW CARNAHAN has had seventy-seven jobs, from deckhand to circus worker. He studied at New York University and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. After working as a playwright and director in New York, Carnahan received the Chesterfield Writer’ s Film Project fellowship from Steven Spielberg. His feature directorial debut, Black Circle Boys premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, as did his film Mailman. He also directed Rudyland, the award-winning documentary about...See more

MATTHEW CARNAHAN has had seventy-seven jobs, from deckhand to circus worker. He studied at New York University and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. After working as a playwright and director in New York, Carnahan received the Chesterfield Writer’ s Film Project fellowship from Steven Spielberg. His feature directorial debut, Black Circle Boys premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, as did his film Mailman. He also directed Rudyland, the award-winning documentary about former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Carnahan is currently working on a new novel. He lives in Southern California and New York City with his girlfriend, Helen; son, Emmett; and daughter, Må kena lei. "From the Hardcover edition." See less