Todd McCarthy

Todd McCarthy is the longtime chief film critic at Variety. He is the author of the 1997 biography Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood, which is widely acclaimed as one of the best accounts of a film director's life. McCarthy wrote and co-directed the award-winning documentary film Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography, and won an Emmy for writing Preston Sturges: the Rise and Fall of An American Genius. His work has appeared in many anthologies and publications, including Esquire,...See more

Todd McCarthy is the longtime chief film critic at Variety. He is the author of the 1997 biography Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood, which is widely acclaimed as one of the best accounts of a film director's life. McCarthy wrote and co-directed the award-winning documentary film Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography, and won an Emmy for writing Preston Sturges: the Rise and Fall of An American Genius. His work has appeared in many anthologies and publications, including Esquire, Film Comment, Los Angeles and Cahiers du Cinema. See less