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Michael Maren

Director

Michael Maren

Directing
2023 · 1 film
Born
15 November 1955 · age 70
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Michael Maren is a former Peace Corps volunteer, aid worker, and war correspondent. All told, he spent seventeen years in Africa covering wars and famines in Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and other hot spots on the continent. In 1999, after the publication of his book about Somalia and foreign aid, The Road to Hell, he began working as a screenwriter. He sold scripts to HBO, Sony and independent producers. He directed his first film, "A Short History of Decay," in 2013.

Career Signature

How Michael Maren’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.