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. He directed his first film, "A Short History of Decay," in 2013. His second film, "Shriver" is due to be released in 2022.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 15, 1955 (70)
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Actor, director and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 4 credits in all
Where can I watch Michael Maren's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Maren's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
A Little White Lie(2023)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
A Short History of Decay(2014)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Phil Spector(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Mark Mennin: A Journey in Granite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)