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Genius

Synopsis

A chronicle of Max Perkins' time as book editor at Scribner. A renowned and highly respected literary editor, Perkins oversaw seminal works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Genius' centres on Perkins' relationship with literary giant Thomas Wolfe, a blazing talent with a larger-than-life personality. They formed a complex, transformative and irrepressible friendship that changed the lives of these brilliant but very different men forever.
Berlinale 2016 - World premiere

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Director
Michael Grandage 1st Feature
Producer
James Bierman, Michael Grandage, John Logan
Co-Producer
Tracey Seaward
Executive Producer
Deepak Nayer, Nik Bower, James J Bagley, A Scott Berg, Tim Bevan, Steve Christian, Ivan Dunleavy, Arielle Tepper Madover
Editor
Chris Dickens
Screenwriter
John Logan (screenplay), A. Scott Berg (nonfiction book)
Director of Photography
Ben Davis
Production Designer
Mark Digby
Sound
Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson
Composer
Adam Cork
Principal cast
Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West, Vanessa Kirby

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Desert Wolf Productions (US), Michael Grandage Company (UK)

Michael Grandage Company

Genius Film Productions
Fourth Floor
Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Theatre
London
W1D 6AR

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment (World sales excluding US)

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

Creative Artists Agency/ CAA (US sales)

2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles
CA 90067
USA

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