‘Maxton Hall’ Head Writer Daphne Ferraro Signs With Circle Management + Production

Nellie Andreeva

26 September 2024 at 6:02 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Circle Management + Production (fka Circle of Confusion) has signed Daphne Ferraro, the Head Writer of one of the biggest streaming breakouts of the year, Prime Video’s German YA series Maxton Hall.

Ferraro has been a leading creative force who leads the writers room for the series adaptation of Mona Kasten’s book Save Me. Released in May, Maxton Hall — The World Between Us became Amazon’s biggest international original series launch to date, reaching #1 in 120 countries including the US. It was quickly renewed for a second season, which is currently in production.

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Born in Copenhagen, Ferraro has lived in Munich for more than two decades and is fluent in German, English, Danish and Italian.

Prior to Maxton Hall, she was a writer on Season 2 of Netflix’s German sci-fi series Dark and wrote the screenplay for Katja von Garnier’s feature film Fly. She studied screenwriting at the University of Television and Film Munich, where her graduating screenplay, the historical drama Terra Murata, earned her the 2017 First Steps Award for Best Screenplay.

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