Personal life
Max Wronkowski was born on June 16, 1993 in Evanston, Illinois, the only child of Linda Wronkowski (nee Gialo), and Michael Wronkowski, a Deputy Sheriff of Cook County well-known for his volunteer work in the community with the St. Stanislaus Kostka soup kitchen and self-run "Turkey Drive" for St. Stanislaus. Wronkowski is an alumnus of Northside College Preparatory High School and is currently attending The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, Illinois where he studies Digital Filmmaking and Video Production.
Film
Wronkowski is an independent filmmaker. He writes, scripts, directs, shoots, and edits all his work, and will almost always act in them. Within the short film category, most of his short films are for school or another function of that kind.
Wronkowski has another film currently on an indefinite hiatus for which shooting has been stalled because of cast issues and equipment technicalities, called Blue Hour (film).
He has a few projects completed, one of them (SAW: Redux) had him spend +200 hours on. A complete list can be found in the [Films] page on this site.
Internet Career
Max Wronkowski is one half of the YouTube show The Max & Grace Show[1] alongside Grace Benvenuti, whom he has worked for 3 years.
The series originally was broadcast as a sketch comedy, but Wronkowski says "it was too much like Adult Swim's Robot Chicken", so newer episodes were either shot documentary-style, or were given a plot outline and was then retroscripted. Max and Grace sometimes refer to their home as Los Angeles, California and even Hollywood, but are obviously (and truthfully) located in a Midwest town, almost always in a residential area, rarely downtown.
Another upcoming film for The Max & Grace Show is scheduled to be uploaded to the show's YouTube channel, entitled "New Year's Murder" (a.k.a "New Year's Murder Special" or "New Year's Special"). This film shows what presumably happens on New Year's Eve of 2008-2009. Max and Grace hold a party for their closest friends (all of these had appeared on the show more than once) and after two of them go missing, they realize that someone has begun killing them off.
One of their more popular videos is "Pack The Baby", featuring Wronkowski's
fearless cousin, Joseph Carter. Watch it here: M&G: PACK THE BABY
fearless cousin, Joseph Carter. Watch it here: M&G: PACK THE BABY
The prized piece of Max & Grace would have to be their M&G Music Video for
"Pretend To Be Nice" from the film Josie and the Pussycats,
found here, M&G: PRETEND TO BE NICE
"Pretend To Be Nice" from the film Josie and the Pussycats,
found here, M&G: PRETEND TO BE NICE
Rachael Leigh Cook, the actress that plays the titular character in the film, has seen the video.
The Twitter conversation between Cook and Benvenuti is as follows:
The Twitter conversation between Cook and Benvenuti is as follows:
@grac_ious (Grace Benvenuti) 26 Aug 09
@RachaelLCook (Rachael Leigh Cook)27 Aug 09
@grac_ious OH MY GOD that was so great!! That really made me smile. It's sweet, funny and so well done! Say hi to Max; you two are magic.
The Max & Grace Show (also called "M&G") has a spin-off, which is a parody of Comedy Central's Reno 911! entitled UPTOWN411![2]. This show sees Wronkowski and other minor characters from M&G as they explore the more exciting side of living in the suburbs. The majority of the show features uptown Park Ridge, Illinois.
NOTE: UPTOWN411! has ceased production and is on an indefinite hiatus. May undergo a significant change in plot, style, and casting
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