Max Borenstein
Biography
Max Borenstein is a screenwriter and director. He wrote, edited, and directed the 2003 film Swordswallowers and Thin Men while a senior at Yale University. The film starred Peter Cellini, Zoe Kazan, Fran Kranz, and Graham Norris, and featured Sally Pressman and Satya Bhabha. Borenstein's screenplay What Is Life Worth?, based on Kenneth Feinberg's memoir, was included on the 2008 Black List. He has also worked on films such as Lakers: Vzestup dynastie, Kong: Ostrov lebek, and Jaká je cena života.
Career overview
Max Borenstein is a screenwriter. He wrote, edited, and directed the 2003 film Swordswallowers and Thin Men while a senior at Yale University. The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay at the New York Independent Film Festival and was named Best First Feature 2003 by Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas.
Borenstein's screenplay What Is Life Worth?, based on Kenneth Feinberg's memoir of the same name, was honored with inclusion on the Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays. The Black List is a compilation of unproduced screenplays that are highly regarded by industry professionals.
Borenstein has also written screenplays for various films, including Lakers: Vzestup dynastie, Kong: Ostrov lebek, and Jaká je cena života. His work in the film industry has been recognized and he continues to be involved in the creation of screenplays for various projects.
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- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) Executive Producer
- Hypnotic (2023) Screenplay
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) Executive Producer
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) Writer
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) Teleplay
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) Story
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) Creator
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Screenplay
- Worth (2021) Producer
- Worth (2021) Writer
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Story
- The Terror (2018) Story
- The Terror (2018) Writer
- The Terror (2018) Executive Producer
- The Terror (2018) Creator
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) Screenplay
- Minority Report (2015) Executive Producer
- Minority Report (2015) Writer
- Minority Report (2015) Creator
- In Her Place (2015) Writer
- In Her Place (2015) Producer
- Godzilla (2014) Screenplay
- Swordswallowers and Thin Men (2003) Director
- Swordswallowers and Thin Men (2003) Writer
- Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series Executive Producer