Max Wren

I’m a filmmaker, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. My work focuses on the terror of intimacy — how scary it can be to reveal our true selves to the people we love. My biggest inspirations come from mass media — gay p*rn, romance novels, and grindhouse horror. I think it’s worth considering what the content we’re most ashamed to consume says about our true desires. Mostly, I’m trying to find excuses to use my growing collection of vintage camcorders.

Before finding my way to film, I worked as a radio, podcast, and social media producer. I helped make shows for WCBS 880, WNYC, Gimlet Media, Spotify, and Elevate Labs. My man-on-the-street quiz videos have gotten millions of views on social media.

My short, JOCK, was featured in the 2026 Nitehawk Shorts Festival. For my dramatic and prose work, I won the Mecklin Prize in Creative Nonfiction, the Eleanor Frost Playwriting Contest, and was featured in the Strafford Reading Series.

Find me on Instagram @max__wren