Max Handelman


Max Handelman is an American sportswriter, producer, and blogger. He wrote the book Why Fantasy Football Matters: . Handelman is married to actress Elizabeth Banks.
Handelman co-founded the production company Brownstone Productions, whose first film, Surrogates, was released in 2009.

Early life

Handelman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He was raised in a Jewish household. Handelman attended Catlin Gabel School, graduating in 1991. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, where he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, and received an MBA degree from UCLA in 2003.

Career and works

Handelman co-founded the production company Brownstone Productions alongside wife Elizabeth Banks. Their first film, Surrogates, was released in 2009. The company is best known for the hit Pitch Perfect film franchise.
He is an avid fan of fantasy football and penned a work on the subject, Why Fantasy Football Matters: , with friend Erik Barmack. Handelman and Barmack also collaborated on a weblog covering the Portland Trail Blazers entitled .

Personal life

Handelman is married to actress Elizabeth Banks, his college girlfriend, whom he wed in 2003. The couple live in Los Angeles. He and his wife had their first child, a boy named Felix, via surrogacy in March 2011.
On November 14, 2012, they had a second boy, Magnus Mitchell Handelman, again via gestational surrogacy. He is a fan of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Filmography