Max Bennett(XVII)
- Director
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Max Bennett is a Director/Producer, Entrepreneur, and Marketing Professional living out his Hollywood dream in Los Angeles. Bennett has experience working at Fremantle North America (starting with Original Productions) in Marketing as well as Development with Low Hanging Fruit Studios (then Cedar Shore Productions) developing scripted/unscripted projects from idea to market with Scott Paskoff and Harris Fishman. Bennett has contributed to many projects in development that have gone on to be prepared for: HBO Max, NBC/Peacock, WWE, Netflix, Hulu, etc. At Fremantle, Bennett has significantly improved upon existing social media following, engagement, and impressions; first amassing a total of over 31M views for Original Productions within a 6 month period. In addition, Bennett boasted a 17.6% inc. on followers. This impact has been felt upon 12+ shows and programs (averaging 2.8M additional views) on 8+ high profile accounts.
He has strengthened Original Production's RigTV FAST Channel and has focused on shows including Black Gold, Wild Justice, Monster Garage, Jay Leno's Garage, and FMNA legacy shows Baywatch, Family Feud, Deadliest Catch, Bering Sea Gold, Storage Wars, etc. He has been a part of launching the first ever OP original podcasts High In The Sky and Rivals which amassed over 2.6 million views cross-platform as well as the company's first ever Snapchat channel. Bennett worked on Netflix true crime documentary "Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror" which topped the Netflix charts at #1 Film in the US and appeared on TIME Magazine same week. He has worked on set filming Storage Wars for three seasons and has proceeded to streamline posts for the Fremantle individual cast member social accounts. He excels in delivering high quality short form content to partnering networks for distribution including WB Discovery (Max), A&E, FOX, and more.
At his time studying at ASU, Max Bennett worked on 20+ short films as well as feature "The Sintern" as Talent, Production Intern, & Production Assistant in assoc. with MarVista Entertainment & Tubi. Shortly after graduating, Bennett debuted his long anticipated short "Beverly" which was an Official Selection of The Golden State Film Festival '25 taking place at the historic TCL Chinese Theater.
Now, he shifts his attention to "Camp Baywatch," which he has Directed/Produced/Edited. This project is a mini-doc showcasing the internal process of conducting an Original Music Writers Camp for Fremantle's biggest property and reboot: Baywatch Season 1 which is set to release in early 2027.
He has strengthened Original Production's RigTV FAST Channel and has focused on shows including Black Gold, Wild Justice, Monster Garage, Jay Leno's Garage, and FMNA legacy shows Baywatch, Family Feud, Deadliest Catch, Bering Sea Gold, Storage Wars, etc. He has been a part of launching the first ever OP original podcasts High In The Sky and Rivals which amassed over 2.6 million views cross-platform as well as the company's first ever Snapchat channel. Bennett worked on Netflix true crime documentary "Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror" which topped the Netflix charts at #1 Film in the US and appeared on TIME Magazine same week. He has worked on set filming Storage Wars for three seasons and has proceeded to streamline posts for the Fremantle individual cast member social accounts. He excels in delivering high quality short form content to partnering networks for distribution including WB Discovery (Max), A&E, FOX, and more.
At his time studying at ASU, Max Bennett worked on 20+ short films as well as feature "The Sintern" as Talent, Production Intern, & Production Assistant in assoc. with MarVista Entertainment & Tubi. Shortly after graduating, Bennett debuted his long anticipated short "Beverly" which was an Official Selection of The Golden State Film Festival '25 taking place at the historic TCL Chinese Theater.
Now, he shifts his attention to "Camp Baywatch," which he has Directed/Produced/Edited. This project is a mini-doc showcasing the internal process of conducting an Original Music Writers Camp for Fremantle's biggest property and reboot: Baywatch Season 1 which is set to release in early 2027.
