Matthew Michael Carnahan

{{short description|American screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Matthew Michael Carnahan

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.

| other_names = Matt Carnahan

| occupation = Screenwriter, film director

| relatives = Joe Carnahan (brother)

}}

Matthew Michael Carnahan (sometimes credited as Matt Carnahan) is an American scriptwriter.{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-dallas-roberts-on-shadow-people-and-walking-dead/|title=Q&A: Dallas Roberts on "SHADOW PEOPLE" and "WALKING DEAD"|publisher=}} Among his numerous works are screenplays for The Kingdom (2007); the film adaptation of the hit BBC television drama serial State of Play; and Lions for Lambs for United Artists.{{cite press release|title=United Artists' "Lions for Lambs" to Be Released Worldwide by MGM|url=http://www.mgm.com/news/pr8.php|date=February 21, 2007|publisher=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|access-date=2007-11-10}} He also worked on the zombie film World War Z (2013). He wrote the screenplay for the feature film Dark Waters (2019), based on a 2016 feature article about industrial pollution in The New York Times magazine.