Max Hemmings is an Australian director working across commercial and narrative projects.

He began his career in London, directing branded and cultural films for clients including Cathay Pacific, FILA, Bottega Veneta, Genesis Motors x Soho House, and Dropbox. His work is characterised by tonal restraint, performance-led storytelling and a blend of documentary realism with stylised, emotionally precise imagery.

Alongside commercial projects, Max has directed narrative and cultural films for platforms including NOWNESS and Phoenix Central Park. His short film The Kicked Dog, produced by RadicalMedia and starring Alan Ford and Clive Russell, screened internationally at Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying festivals.

In 2023 he was selected for PlayLab Films’ Directors Lab in Mexico, mentored by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Max is currently developing The Mercy Seat, an original anthology television series exploring identity, mortality and constructed experience, alongside the feature project Cicada.

He is based in Sydney.

PRESS:

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Little Black Book (LBB)

The GuardianInterview Magazine, Promo News, HungerMonster Children - The Jezebels ‘Pleasure Drive’

WINNER: ‘Ad of the Day’ on BOOOOOOOM.TV - Bottega Veneta X Highsnobiety

NOMINEE: Shiny Awards - FILA ‘Disruptor’

WINNER: ‘Ad of the Day’ on BOOOOOOOM.TV - FILA ‘Disruptor’

WINNER: ‘Video Of The Day’ on VOTD - Nowness ‘Private View: John Simpson’

BOOOOOOOM.TV - Nowness ‘Portrait of a Place: Wimbledon’

Campaign Brief - Sydney Childrens Hospital TVC

Deluxe Cinematography Prize - ‘Wanderlust’ AFTRS graduate film, starring Jessica Tovey and Eamon Farren.

FILM FESTIVALS:

Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival

St Kilda Film Festival

1.4 Awards (Fiction Short)

British Urban Film Festival

San Diego International Film Festival

Manchester International Film Festival

Newport Beach Film Festival

Bolton International Film Festival

Byron Bay International Film Festival

Shanghai Short Film Festival

Canberra Short Film Festival (WINNER: Best Screenplay, Best Actor - Clive Russell)

Exit 6 Film Festival

Shockfest Film Festival

SENE Film Festival

Edmonton Short Film Festival

Hamilton Film Festival

Short Encounters International Film Festival (NOMINEE: Best Director, Best Actor - Clive Russell)