---
name: "Max Porter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-porter"
fi1m_id: "max-porter"
imdb_id: "nm10532463"
tmdb_id: 4525482
wikidata_id: "Q61876351"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 August 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-03T04:09:57.264737+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Max Porter

## Identity

Max Porter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-porter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-porter
- **IMDb ID:** nm10532463
- **TMDB ID:** 4525482
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61876351
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Porter_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61876351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10532463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4525482

Producer. Born 27 August 1981 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 August 1981, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Porter_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61876351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10532463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4525482

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Steve*](https://film.one/film/steve.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Max Porter (born 1981) is an English writer. He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and studied history of art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Before becoming a full-time writer he worked as a bookseller and as editorial director at Granta and Portobello Books. His debut, the novella *Grief Is the Thing with Feathers* (2015), was followed by *Lanny* (2019) and the novella *Shy* (2023). He wrote the screenplay for the 2025 film *Steve*, an adaptation of *Shy* directed by Tim Mielants and starring Cillian Murphy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bfi.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Steve* (2025), Fi1m 68, Novel, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Thing with Feathers* (2025), as Male Guest · Novel
- *Steve* (2025), Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)
- *All of This Unreal Time* (2021), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2020: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Booker Prize 2019: Booker Prize (nominated), for *Lanny*
- Europese Literatuurprijs 2017: Europese Literatuurprijs (won), for *Verdriet is het ding met veren*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/max-porter