Biography

Max Williams started out his cinematography career in music promos working with acclaimed director Mo Ali (Montana; Shank), then progressed on to filming high end documentaries across the world for Discovery, National Geographic, BBC and Channel 4 (Gold Rush Alaska; How Do They Do It?; Dispatches; Situation Critical; Drugs: Live).

After around seven years working in documentary, Max was lucky enough to receive a highly sort after place on the Cinematography MA course at the National Film and Television School, studying under Brian Tufano BSC (Trainspotting; Quadrophenia; Billy Elliot) and Billy Williams BSC (Ghandi; On Golden Pond) amongst others.

Whilst there he was the cinematographer on the animated short film "The Bigger Picture" (DIR: Daisy Jacobs), which went on to win at a great many festivals worldwide including the Crystal Prize at Annecy, the Grand prize at Hiroshima, third prize in the Cinefondation Competition at Cannes and later won the Bafta for Best British Short Animation and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short.

Today, Max is a renowned, meticulous and creative Director of Photography who works across features, drama, commercials and documentaries. He has shot promos and commercial work for artists such as Tinie Tempah, Paloma Faith and the Prodigy, and big screen commercials for leading brands including Doritos, Nike and Network Rail.

In 2017 Max completed eleven months working as a Lighting Cameraman on Wes Anderson's stop motion animated feature 'Isle of Dogs' under Cinematographer Tristan Oliver BSC, starring Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Bill Murray, Geoff Goldblum and Scarlett Johansen, amongst others. (DIR: Wes Anderson; Produced by Indian Paintbrush for Fox Searchlight).

In 2019 he shot the comedy feature film "Brighton" directed by Stephen Cookson and starring Larry Lamb, Phil Davis, Marion Bailey and Lesley Sharp. He also shot two films with director Chris Green - Brit comedy "Me, Myself and Di" starring James Lance, Will Mellor and Lucy Pinder, as well as "The Pebble and The Boy" starring Patsy Kensit, Ricci Harnett and Sacha Parkinson - a coming of age Mod road movie with great support from the British Mod scene and music by Paul Weller.
- IMDb mini biography by: Max Williams