Maxim Matthew(I)
- Visual Effects
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Berlin-based producer, post-production supervisor, and visual
effects/new media artist Maxim Matthew was born and raised in Hartford,
Connecticut, spending much of his childhood in West Germany and Sri
Lanka. He painted as a child and got his start in media as a trainee in
the graphics office of a Berlin magazine before becoming (at sixteen)
the youngest employee at pixelpark AG, where he worked as an HTML
programmer and technical manger of the web development unit. Mr.
Matthew also served as creative director for Razorfish, whose clients
included NBC. By twenty he was a guest lecturer at the Zurich
University of Design and art director at medienkontor online GmbH.
Working under his mentor Jurgen Muller, he began photographing bands
such as Marilyn Manson and Rage Against the Machine for the European
magazine Metal Hammer and shooting music videos. He worked closely with
the producers of the 35mm German horror film Virus Undead and as VSF
supervisor, photographer, and graphic artist on director Sebastian
Panneck's feature The Assessment. In 2007, he founded Maxim Matthew
creations Ltd. to develop and produce feature films. The company also
provides full production and post-production support to producers and
directors, including compositing, coloring, VFX, and web development.
Recently, Matthew has served as producer on a slate of major music
videos. In 2009, he plans to expand his company with a new office in
Los Angeles.