new york city,biography,writer,book editor,novelist,editor,1930s

Genius (2016)

Poster for Genius

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Grandage
  • Profile picture of Colin Firth
    Max Perkins Colin Firth
  • Profile picture of Jude Law
    Thomas Wolfe Jude Law
  • Profile picture of Nicole Kidman
    Aline Bernstein Nicole Kidman
  • Profile picture of Laura Linney
    Louise Saunders Laura Linney
  • Profile picture of Guy Pearce
    F. Scott Fitzgerald Guy Pearce
  • Profile picture of Dominic West
    Ernest Hemingway Dominic West
  • Profile picture of Vanessa Kirby
    Zelda Fitzgerald Vanessa Kirby
  • Profile picture of Demetri Goritsas
    John Wheelock Demetri Goritsas

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • biography
  • writer
  • book editor
  • novelist
  • editor
  • 1930s