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Mike Makowsky
Born (1991-05-09) May 9, 1991 (age 33)
Alma materBrown University
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2017–present

Mike Makowsky (born May 9, 1991) is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the true crime dramedy film Bad Education, which premiered on HBO in 2020.[1] He has also written the films Take Me and I Think We're Alone Now.[2][3]

Early life and career[edit]

Makowsky was born in Bayside, New York, and raised in the Long Island suburb of Roslyn. In 2004, while he was in the seventh grade at the Roslyn Union Free School District, school superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone and various administrative colleagues were arrested in what would become the largest public school embezzlement in American history.[4]

Makowsky graduated from Roslyn High School and Brown University, then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as screenwriter.[4][5] His first feature film credit was the independent dark comedy Take Me, which was produced by the Duplass brothers and distributed by Netflix. He then wrote and produced his second film, I Think We're Alone Now, which was helmed by Reed Morano and starred Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning.[6] The film screened at Sundance Film Festivalin2018.

In 2016, Makowsky returned to his hometown to research the events of the Roslyn school scandal. Makowsky noted that he "outlined the majority of the script out of my high school cafeteria.”[7] The resulting film, Bad Education, starred Hugh Jackman as former Roslyn superintendent Frank Tassone, as well as Allison Janney and Ray Romano. It premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was acquired by HBO Films for a sum close to $20 million.[1] The film went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie in 2020, with Makowsky honored as part of the creative team.[8]

Both I Think We're Alone Now and Bad Education were featured on the Black List, an annual survey of popular industry scripts, in 2016.[6] In 2019, Makowsky was recognized as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in the Hollywood & Entertainment category.[9]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Writer Producer
2017 Take Me Yes No
2018 I Think We're Alone Now Yes Yes
2019 Bad Education Yes Yes

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Aurthur, Kate (22 April 2020). "Inside 'Bad Education,' Hugh Jackman's New Scandal-Inspired HBO Movie". Variety. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  • ^ Genzlinger, Neil (3 May 2017). "Review: In 'Take Me,' a Kidnapping Turns Cat-and-Mouse". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  • ^ Jaworowski, Ken (13 September 2018). "Review: 'I Think We're Alone Now' Finds Peter Dinklage at the End of His World". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  • ^ a b Aurthur, Kate (22 April 2020). "Inside 'Bad Education,' Hugh Jackman's New Scandal-Inspired HBO Movie". Variety. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  • ^ "Mike Makowsky". Forbes. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  • ^ a b Wilson, David. "The Player". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  • ^ Guzman, Rafer (17 April 2020). "Bad Education screenwriter, a Roslyn HS grad, talks about the true-crime film". Newsday. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  • ^ "Bad Education". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  • ^ "2020 30 Under 30: Hollywood and Entertainment". Forbes. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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