Matt Charman (5 June 1979; Crawley, West Sussex) is a British screenwriter and playwright.Charman’s most recent feature film, Bridge of Spies (2015), is a Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written with Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Amy Ryan. Previously, he co-wrote Suite Française (2014) with director Saul Dibb, starring Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas and Margot Robbie.