Max Borenstein

Borenstein 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 Army Wives star Sally Pressman and Midnight's Children lead Satya Bhabha. 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 2008 screenplay What Is Life Worth?, based on Kenneth Feinberg's memoir of the same name, was honored with inclusion on the The Black List, an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays. His 2009 screenplay Jimi, commissioned by Legendary Pictures and based on the life of guitarist Jimi Hendrix, was also included on The Black List. Borenstein wrote additional projects for Legendary, including Godzilla. For future projects, Borenstein will write the sequel for Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island for Legendary, Paladin for Walt Disney Pictures, and Mona for New Regency. In April 2016, Borenstein was announced as an executive producer for HBO's Vinyl's second season.

Works

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
7.8

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.

Release Date2023-11-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count900

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
7.7

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

Release Date2022-03-06

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count17

Vote Count153

7.6

Godzilla vs. Kong

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

Release Date2021-03-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10222

The Terror
7.4

The Terror

A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.

Release Date2018-03-26

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count882

6.7

Worth

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.

Release Date2021-07-21

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count345

6.7

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Release Date2019-05-29

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count6342

6.5

Kong: Skull Island

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Release Date2017-03-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10671

6.3

Godzilla

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Release Date2014-05-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count9325

6.2

Hypnotic

A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.

Release Date2023-05-11

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1303

Minority Report
6.0

Minority Report

Ten years after the demise of Precrime, crime-solving is different and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs—individuals who able to see the future. In Washington, D.C., a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.

Release Date2015-09-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count185

In Her Place

Cultural, gender, and emotional challenges are explored in this story of an Iranian-American widower who returns to his homeland to take a second wife.

Release Date2015-06-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Swordswallowers and Thin Men

Zak is a smart, good-looking nice guy whose heretofore charmed life starts coming apart as his longtime romance with Samantha, a painter whom he finds increasingly intimidating, begins to crumble; impending graduation makes it clear to her that that she's ready to move on.

Release Date2003-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

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