Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAs a playwright and screenwriter, Tony McNamara was never particularly interested in scripting the period piece.
The irony is, of course, that he’s spent the last several years doing so, and it’s these projects specifically that have brought his career to new heights.Between Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite and his Hulu series The Great, McNamara has earned his first Oscar and Emmy nominations, perfecting the art of revisionist historical storytelling, while cultivating the brash comedic tone for which he is now well known.Interestingly, while The Favourite preceded The Great by two years, it was McNamara’s pilot script for the series that landed him the former gig.
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