Max Kaplow
I was raised by a family of sharp DC journalists where the dinner table was a debate stage, argument was sport, and having a point of view was the cost of entry to every conversation.
About
I was raised by a family of sharp DC journalists where the dinner table was a debate stage, argument was sport, and having a point of view was the cost of entry to every conversation. While my relatives took the purely journalistic route, I gravitated to writing and directing film/TV both before, and during, my Division I baseball career at George Washington University. When I wasn’t pitching on the mound I was pitching in the writers room on a student run sitcom Gender Neutral, winning a Capital Regional Emmy. After GW, I earned my screenwriting MFA at the University of Texas at Austin on a fellowship at the Michener Center for Writers, selling my first script before working in development at QC Entertainment, Oscar winners for Get Out) and BlacKkKlansman. I also worked at Kerner Entertainment, developing the script for Clifford the Big Red Dog. Later, I wrote for the Netflix series The Chosen One. I continue to work with the show’s producers, develop personal projects with my managers, and have taught writing at American University’s School of Communication for over four years.
- 8 years' experience
- Joined March 2026
Skills· 2
Languages
- EnglishFluent
Industry experience
- Education
- Media & Entertainment
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Work experience· 6 roles
Internal communications specialist for the human resources director of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Edit policy memos, weekly/monthly reports, and write copy for the quarterly HR Broadcast, a comprehensive newsletter; Develop and coordinate HR News Hour live events for agency updates.
Teach Writing for Visual Media, Introduction to Screenwriting, Writing the Short Film, Writing the Feature Film, Writing Episodic Series; Lead workshops, providing weekly feedback on all student work; Design lesson plans, screenings, lectures, script analysis, discussions; Office hours for additional notes and personal course consultation; Supervise thesis and capstone projects from pitch to final script; Independent study advisor on PSAs, documentaries, film/TV scripts.
Producing feature and TV projects, often from existing intellectual property; Developing both scripts and books into screen adaptations; Adapting the company president’s Piñata book into a feature horror screenplay; Out to talent on feature adaptation of Screamers; Out to talent on a new animated feature with director John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) attached.
Education
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