Biography
Max has written and directed projects funded or distributed by Netflix, Bron Studios, Telefilm Canada, Ontario Media Development Corp, Hallmark, Lifetime, Tubi, CBC TV, UPtv, Canada Council for the Arts, the Harold Greenberg Fund, and several international distributors.
His most personal film, Foreverland, produced by Bron Studios and Screen Siren Media and theatrically distributed by Eone, was screened globally and helped raise over $250,000 for Cystic Fibrosis, a condition Max himself lives with. The film features Max Thieriot, Laurence Leboeuf, Oscar nominees Juliette Lewis and Demian Bichir, as well as Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Frewer, and Thomas Dekker.
Since then, Max has directed numerous thrillers, romantic comedies, and Christmas movies for various networks, consistently achieving top ratings. Notably, Midnight at the Magnolia, a CSA-nominated TV movie starring Natalie Hall and Evan Williams for Netflix, remained in the global Top 10 most-watched movies for several weeks.
Currently, Max is developing Wounded, a wilderness survival thriller invited to the International Film Finance Forum at TIFF and the IFP No Borders Market in New York, with development support from OMDC and Telefilm Canada.
