Max Benitz

Max is a writer and executive producer. Recent television projects include original dramas DIVA and VILLA PAZ for iGeneration (UK) both in development as studio projects with A-list showrunners Vince: Marcello (Kissing Booth) and Matthew Hastings (Handmaid’s Tale) respectively. He also wrote CONVICTIONS for the Vespucci Group (USA). Spec projects include STRICTLY BEGINNERS, a web series that won awards at Marseille WebFest and London Short Series Festival, and television thriller DISCIPLE. He is a graduate of Creative Europe’s MIDPOINT TV Launch Programme, read Modern History at the University of Edinburgh during which time he completed the Study India Programme at the University of Calcutta. Max's book SIX MONTHS WITHOUT SUNDAYS was an account of his time spent embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan and described as 'unusually well written' by The Times. His journalism has been published in The New Statesman, Daily Telegraph, Scotsman and elsewhere. He is a member of the Creative Industries Advisory Group.