E. Max Frye, is an American screenwriter and film director from Oregon. His parents were Helen (Jackson) Frye, a federal judge, and William Frye.Frye was born in Oregon and raised in Eugene. Frye directed and wrote the film Amos & Andrew. He attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland for one year before moving to Europe where he lived in Paris and worked as a male model in Austria. After returning to the United States, Frye settled in New York City where he attended New York University Film School. He wrote the screenplay for Something Wild, and many other Hollywood and independent movies. He was one of the writers for the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.Frye received the Edgar award for Something Wild.
I have selectively worked with directors on rewrites. That's a whole different thing from taking studio assignments and doing rewrites on these huge page-one jobs. I've done that a couple of times and, except for cashing the checks, I've always regretted it. I think that's a soulless endeavor that just leads to creative bankruptcy. I don't know whether what I've done is good or bad; I certainly haven't made as much money as some of these guys. But I live in Paris, I have a view of the Eiffel Tower out my writing room window, and I can pretty much do what I want. So it can't be all bad.
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I was lucky. I was thirty by the time Something Wild (1986) came along, so I pretty much already had my voice. I avoided the pitfalls of the rewrite business, and I moved back as soon as I could to New York and continued to write spec scripts. But I've taught film at NYU enough that I see promising screenwriters take the three-picture deal with Disney, and they just disappear after two years of intense grinding and studio manipulation, notes, and people kicking the shit out of them. Before they know what's going on, they have no voice left - if they ever had one to begin with. Or their nascent kind of voice that attracted the studios and producers in the first place gets stomped right out of them.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Foxcatcher
2014
written by
Second Nature
2003
TV Movie written by
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
segment "The Enlightenment"
Band of Brothers
2001
TV Mini-Series written by - 1 episode
Where the Money Is
2000
screenplay / story
Palmetto
1998
screenplay
Amos & Andrew
1993
written by
Arena Brains
1987
Short
Something Wild
1986
written by
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Amos & Andrew
1993
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dogville
2003
script consultant: US - as Max Fry
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Autumn Lights
2016
special thanks
Extra School
2015
Short special thanks
Reconstruction
2010
Short much obliged to
Reformed Tramp
2010
Short special thanks
The Windmill Movie
2008
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 87th Annual Academy Awards
2015
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Special Distinction Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Foxcatcher (2014)
2002
Christopher Award
Christopher Awards
Television & Cable
Band of Brothers (2001)
1987
Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Motion Picture
Something Wild (1986)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Foxcatcher (2014)
2015
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Original Screenplay
Foxcatcher (2014)
2002
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special