Genius
PG-13“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
2016·104 min·Released
Studio: Desert Wolf Productions, Michael Grandage Company, Pinewood Pictures, Riverstone Pictures, Summit Entertainment
6.5TMDb
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Theatrical Jun 10, 2016
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UK · English · USA
Overview
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.
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Crew
DirectorMichael Grandage
WriterJohn Logan
Cast
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
Mabel Wolfe
Richard Dempsey
Director
Katya Watson
Jane Perkins
Lorna Doherty
Peggy Perkins
Makenna McBrierty
Nancy Perkins
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Keywords
new york citybiographywriterbook editornovelisteditor1930s
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Revenue
$6M
TMDb Votes
720
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026