Biographie
Maxx is an AACTA award-winning cinematographer who has worked on numerous high-end Film & TV projects, Music Videos and Commercials, and also is a sought-after documentary cinematographer.
Maxx's projects have screened at a variety of A-List festivals. The short film "Welcome to Iron Knob" won Best Cinematography at the St Kilda Film Festival in 2014 and was nominated for an AACTA for Best Short Film. The short film "Smashed" screened at Berlinale, Sitges, and the Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals.
Maxx has shot two music clips for Australian hip-hop group, Hilltop Hoods, "Cosby Sweater", and "Exit Sign", which was nominated for an ARIA award.
Maxx shot the Feature documentary "My Name is Gulpilil" (2021) for Vertigo Films (Rolf De Heer & Molly Reynolds), and another for the ABC documenting the Adelaide Festival of Arts (2020). In 2018, the Feature Documentary "Making a Mark" (Southern Light Alliance), screened at the Adelaide Film Festival and on ABC TV.
Maxx was the 2nd Unit Cinematographer for the STAN original series, "Bloom", and the Netflix shows, "Wanted" (series 3), and "Pine Gap". He shot B-Camera and 2nd Unit on the Daniel Radcliffe feature, "Escape From Pretoria", and shot additional camera and 2nd Unit on SBS series, "The Hunting", and ABC series, "Stateless". Maxx wrapped main unit C Camera on the Warner Brother's feature, "Mortal Kombat", in late 2019.
In 2015, Maxx received the AACTA award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary for "Sons and Mothers" (shared with Co-Cinematographer Aaron Gully). Maxx won Best Cinematography two years in a row at the South Australian Screen awards, 2017/1018.
Maxx has Produced or Co-Produced a number of successful short films and music videos. He Co-Produced the AACTA nominated short, "Welcome to Iron Knob" (Producer: Alexandra Blue), and the festival favourite, "Walter" (Producer: Kirsty Stark). He was a Producer on the Hilltop Hoods music clips, "Clark Griswold" and "Exit Sign" (both ARIA nominated, Produced with Anna Bardsley-Jones). He Co-Produced another Hilltops clip, "1955".
