Genius
Genius is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Michael Grandage and written by John Logan, based on the 1978 National Book Award-winner Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg. The film stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Dominic West, and Guy Pearce. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
In 1929, in New York City, Maxwell Perkins is a successful editor at Scribner's and discoverer of great authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. He lives in a "cottage"—actually, a mansion—just outside the city with his wife and five daughters.
More details
| author | John Logan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Michael Grandage |
| editor | Chris Dickens |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | aline bernstein best friend charles scribner\'s sons ernest hemingway f. scott fitzgerald how to married woman maxwell perkins miliary tuberculosis of time and the river phone call river scribner\'s thomas wolfe turn write |
| musicBy | Adam Cork |
| producer | James Bierman John Logan Michael Grandage Tracey Seaward |
| productionCompany | Desert Wolf Productions FilmNation Entertainment Ingenious Media Michael Grandage Company Pinewood Pictures Riverstone Pictures Roadside Attractions Summit Entertainment |
| publisher | Roadside Attractions Summit Entertainment |
| theme | biographical biographical drama |