Photo by Tae-nyun Kim
BIOGRAPHY
Maxime Chudeau is an independent animation filmmaker based in NYC.
Maxime Chudeau is an independent animation filmmaker based in NYC.
An MFA graduate of the Haute École des Arts du Rhin in Scenography (Strasbourg, France), he worked on a variety of projects in the fields of Theater and Advertising. Moving from France to the US in 2020, Maxime blended his skills in Dramaturgy, 3D Animation, Set design and Sound design to write animated films which interrogate American culture and paradoxes.
His awarded first short film, CIRCVS MAXIMVS (2022), screened at prestigious festivals such as Ars Electronica (Austria), Manchester Animation Festival (UK), and Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Germany), among others.
Maxime is currently teaching and finishing his next film, The Ogre's Castle (2025) in collaboration with HxC singer Jules Bouchier Végis.
FILMOGRAPHY
- CIRCVS MAXIMVS (animated short, 2022, 3 min)
- Affenpinshers - Paramassive (music video, 2024, 6 min)
- The Ogre's Castle (animated short, 2025, 8 min)
FILMOGRAPHY
- CIRCVS MAXIMVS (animated short, 2022, 3 min)
- Affenpinshers - Paramassive (music video, 2024, 6 min)
- The Ogre's Castle (animated short, 2025, 8 min)
SKILLS
-Dramaturgy, Scripts
-Visual concepts, Storyboards
-3D Animation, 3D modeling, Mocap, Physics
-VFX, Compositing, Tracking
-Videography/Photo (Fuji XT3), Editing, Coloring
-Sound design, Sound mixing
SOFTWARES
Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe creative suite (Photoshop, Premiere, After effects, etc..), Ableton Live.
-Dramaturgy, Scripts
-Visual concepts, Storyboards
-3D Animation, 3D modeling, Mocap, Physics
-VFX, Compositing, Tracking
-Videography/Photo (Fuji XT3), Editing, Coloring
-Sound design, Sound mixing
SOFTWARES
Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe creative suite (Photoshop, Premiere, After effects, etc..), Ableton Live.
SCREENINGS
Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), Manchester Animation Festival (UK), Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival (Germany), Animaphix Film Festival (Italy), Animanima Film Festival (Serbia), Sapporo International Art Festival (Japan), Athens Digital Art Festival (Greece), Animakom Fest (Spain), Chicago Onscreen (US), BLON Festival (Lithuania), Digerati Emergent media festival (US), Les Instants Vidéo (France), ROS Film Festival (Spain), ANNY (US), SMIFF (South Korea)...
AWARDS
🏆 Dystopia award (2nd), Digerati Emergent media festival (US)
Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), Manchester Animation Festival (UK), Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival (Germany), Animaphix Film Festival (Italy), Animanima Film Festival (Serbia), Sapporo International Art Festival (Japan), Athens Digital Art Festival (Greece), Animakom Fest (Spain), Chicago Onscreen (US), BLON Festival (Lithuania), Digerati Emergent media festival (US), Les Instants Vidéo (France), ROS Film Festival (Spain), ANNY (US), SMIFF (South Korea)...
AWARDS
🏆 Dystopia award (2nd), Digerati Emergent media festival (US)