Michael Maren
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
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.
In 2012 he wrote and directed his first feature film, A Short History of Decay. His second feature, Shriver, is now in production.
In 2012 he wrote and directed his first feature film, A Short History of Decay. His second feature, Shriver, is now in production.
