Log in
Michael Maren

Writing

Michael Maren

Born November 15, 1955 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA (age 70)

Michael Maren is a former Peace Corps volunteer, aid worker, and war correspondent. All told, he spent seventeen years in Africa covering wars and famines in Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and other hot spots on the continent. In 1999, after the publication of his book about Somalia and foreign aid, The Road to Hell, he began working as a screenwriter. He sold scripts to HBO, Sony and independent produc…

Known For

A Little White LieA Little White Lie · 2023
A Little White Lie
★ 5.62023
MovieComedy
A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address.
Phil SpectorPhil Spector · 2013
Phil Spector
★ 5.72013
MovieDramaTV Movie
A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
A Short History of DecayA Short History of Decay · 2014
A Short History of Decay
★ 5.22014
MovieComedyDrama
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Mark Mennin: A Journey in GraniteMark Mennin: A Journey in Granite
Mark Mennin: A Journey in Granite
MovieDocumentary
A documentary that traces the creation of the Philadelphia sculpture, Schuylkill Currents from the granite quarry through the refined finished public sculpture.

Filmography

Sort