Biography
Mark Maxey is an Emmy award-winning producer and executive at Rolling Pictures - a motion picture company in Burbank delivering development, packaging, production and editorial services for film and television.
Recent productions include the political thriller Words of War with Sean Penn and starring Jason Isaacs, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Miles, Maxine Peake, directed by James Strong; Space Oddity directed by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Kevin Bacon, Alexandra Shipp, Kyle Allen and Carrie Preston; Mayim Bialik's directorial debut As They Made Us starring Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen, Dianna Agron, and Simon Helberg; Rare Objects directed by and starring Katie Holmes with Alan Cumming, Julia Mayorga and Derek Luke; and the documentary film Up to Snuff which Maxey wrote, directed and produced, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, Timothy Busfield, Ed Asner, Lawrence O'Donnell, and W.G. Snuffy Walden. Executive producer credits include The Kill Room starring Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke, directed by Nicol Paone.
Maxey's work in television includes producing critically acclaimed programs such as American Valor, The Honors: A Salute to American Heroes, National Memorial Day Parade, and On Stage at the Kennedy Center with the late Marvin Hamlisch. His work has been seen on ABC, CBS, CNN, Discovery, FOX, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, and PBS.
Maxey has served on the national board of directors of the Producers Guild of America, co-chairs PGA Capital, and is a national member of the Television Academy. Maxey is co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Washington West Film Festival, the only film festival to donate 100% of box office proceeds to help at-risk youth and families in need. Maxey serves on the boards of Women in Film & Video, Artistic Fuel Foundation, and the Rock & Roll for Children Foundation benefiting families fighting pediatric cancer at the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health.
