Photo by Tae-nyun Kim

BIOGRAPHY

Maxime Chudeau is an independent filmmaker based in NYC. 
A graduate of the Haute École des Arts du Rhin in scenography, he worked on a variety of projects in the fields of Theater and Advertising. Immigrating to the US in 2020, Maxime blended his skills in dramaturgy, 3D animation, set design and sound design to write abrasive films which deconstruct 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 (2024) in collaboration with HxC singer Jules Bouchier Végis.  



FILMOGRAPHY

- CIRCVS MAXIMVS (animated short, 2022, 02:43 min)
- Affenpinshers - Paramassive (music video, 2024, 06:01 min)
- The Ogre's Castle (animated short, 2024, 12:21 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, Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, After effects, Studio Binder, Ableton Live. 
SCREENINGS

Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), Manchester Animation Festival (UK), Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival (Germany), Animaphix Film Festival (Italy), Animanima Film Festival (Serbia),  Animakom Fest (Spain), Chicago Onscreen (US), BLON Animation and Games Festival (Lithuania), Digerati Emergent media festival (US), Les Instants Vidéo (France), ROS Film Festival (Spain), Animation Nights New York (US), SMIFF (South Korea)...


AWARDS

🏆 Dystopia award (2nd), Digerati Emergent media festival (US)