Max Bessmertny

Directing·Dec 24, 1988·Vladivostok, Russia

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Max grew up in an artistic family with an accomplished painter father and a classical pianist mother, surrounded by a multicultural environment with friends and family speaking Russian, Portuguese, English and a little bit of Cantonese. He was inspired to view the world in a unique way which is reflected in all his film projects. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of Arts Masters in Film, Max wrote, directed and produced the noir short "Tricycle Thief" which was the first 'made in Macao' film to World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014 and won the 2015 Kodak Gold Award. His award-winning shorts include "Dirty Laundry" which premiered at We Are One (Tribeca x Youtube Film Festival in 2020) and "The Handover", a 30-minute black-and-white comedy which won best local entry at the Macao International Short Film Festival. In 2022 Max embarked on his first feature film journey with "The Violin Case", a story inspired by a true incident that happened to his father many years ago. The film was independently fundraised and shot during COVID when the whole world was under lockdown. It features an entirely local cast and crew and a childhood friend of Max's as lead actor - Kelsey Wilhelm. The storytelling style was inspired by the movie "After Hours", which parallels with the hero in "The Violin Case" who goes on a journey around the city in desperate search of his lost artwork.

Film	Credit
The Violin Case2026 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Handover2020 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Dirty Laundry2020 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Douro Boys: Winter Season2019 · Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Years of Macau2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Death of a Parrot2018 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Great Debt2017 · Banker, Producer, Director, Writer	Banker, Producer, Director, Writer
What's Your Art?2017 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Sampan2017 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
O Cravo2017 · Writer	Writer
Brazilian Device2015 · Solo Guitarist, Director	Solo Guitarist, Director
Tricycle Thief2014 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
TThe Ninth Wave2013 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
CChin and the Mountain2013 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Wonton2012 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
MMaking of a Monster2012 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Proposition2012 · Ludovico, Producer, Writer, Director	Ludovico, Producer, Writer, Director
JJog2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLive2011 · Philosopher, Director, Writer	Philosopher, Director, Writer
SSi Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice2010 · Director	Director
SSeven Scenes2010 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer