Hugo Max (b. 2002) is a filmmaker, painter and musician based in London. His films have been programmed by the Austrian Filmmuseum, TIFF Cinematheque and Modern Art Oxford and are distributed by sixpackfilm.
Max performs live scores to silent films on solo viola, regularly soundtracking screenings at London’s Prince Charles Cinema and Picturehouse Cinemas across the UK. He has presented nationwide tours focussing on expressionist horror, the films of F. W. Murnau and Alfred Hitchcock, making solo appearances at many of the country’s landmark venues including the BFI Southbank, Bo’ness Hippodrome and Tyneside Cinema.
Exhibitions of his paintings have been held at London’s Phoenix Cinema, Oxford’s Fusion Arts and Dolphin Gallery. He has devised ensemble projects at the Holywell Music Room, London’s Close-Up and the Locarno Film Festival and has lectured on improvisation and interdisciplinary practice at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Publications in conjunction with screenings and exhibitions include Bound (2026), TAKE ME HOME (with Bora Rex, 2026), Kosher Giraffe Trilogy (2024), The Dissonance Book (2023) and The Stanley Series (2020).
Max read Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford and studied film at the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film, Vienna.
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