Genius

Synopsis

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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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

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Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Sant'Albano

Bertha Perkins

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Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

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Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

Mabel Wolfe

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Richard Dempsey

Director

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Katya Watson

Jane Perkins

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Lorna Doherty

Peggy Perkins

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Makenna McBrierty

Nancy Perkins

Crew

Art

• Phil Bull Standby Property Master
• Mark Digby Production Design
• Elo Soode Concept Artist
• Elo Soode Conceptual Design
• Alex Baily Art Direction
• Gareth Cousins Art Direction
• Michelle Day Set Decoration
• Rebecca White Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Ben Davis Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Jane Petrie Costume Design
• Christine Blundell Makeup Artist
• Laura Morse Makeup Artist
• Nathaniel De'Lineadeus Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist

Directing

• Michael Grandage Director

Editing

• Chris Dickens Editor

Lighting

• John Higgins Gaffer

Production

• Jina Jay Casting
• James Bierman Producer
• John Logan Producer
• Michael Grandage Producer
• James J. Bagley Executive Producer
• A. Scott Berg Executive Producer
• Tim Bevan Executive Producer
• Nik Bower Executive Producer
• Tim Christian Executive Producer
• Ivan Dunleavy Executive Producer
• Arielle Tepper Madover Executive Producer
• Deepak Nayar Executive Producer

Sound

• Adam Cork Original Music Composer
• Lilly Blazewicz Assistant Foley Artist
• Glen Gathard Foley Mixer
• Jack Stew Foley Artist
• Andrea King Foley Artist
• Jemma Riley-Tolch Foley Mixer

Writing

• A. Scott Berg Book
• John Logan Screenplay
• A. Scott Berg Novel

Photos