Max Yaney is a professional screenwriter based in Los Angeles who came onto the scene when he signed with Paradigm Talent Agency, and his original screenplay SMOKE went into major territories such as Lionsgate, Paramount, New Line, Warner Bros, Fox, and Sony; with Relativity Studios ultimately picking up the sale of the script. He has had a handful of his screenplays go wide to the town and has several projects under option. Most recently, he was hired to write a script off an original pitch for the production company Escape Artists. Max Yaney has written and developed projects with Josephson Entertainment, Relativity Studios, Cheyenne Enterprises, Brickell & Broadbridge International, Escape Artists, Proxima Media, TurtleBack Productions, Offspring Entertainment, High Water Productions, Aldamisa Entertainment, and Patriot Pictures. He has been a guest speaker on screenwriting at Monmouth University and Drexel University and has been interviewed by Final Draft. Before his career as a screenwriter, Max Yaney was the production coordinator for Audience Network. He has worked on the hit television shows Sex and the City, Third Watch, and Married, as well as several films such as McFarland USA, The Interview, and The Hero.