film production & editing
Direction, Editing, Animation and Motion Graphics produced at York University, OCAD University, and Brunico Communications from 2017 - 2024.
NATPE Global Session Opener (2024). 12 sec.
A short video intro to open the speaker sessions at NATPE Global, in Miami. Art Direction by Mike Maxam and Jen Fitzgerald. Editing and Motion Graphics by Mike Maxam.
Anxious-Man (2017). 6 min 16 sec.
A short silent film about a man who struggles to leave his apartment, and a woman that loves him. Written, Directed and Edited by Mike Maxam. Starring Zain Warraich, Jaymie Stempfel, Emily Jeffers, and Ucal Shillingford.
“Catch Hell Blues” by The White Stripes. Conceptual Music Video (2021). 4 min 32 sec.
Conceptual music video created at OCAD University, using found footage of the band, The White Stripes, performing their song “Catch Hell Blues” live, intercut with scenes from the film, Unforgiven (1992). Art direction and Editing by Mike Maxam.
The Circle and The Square (2021). 19 sec.
Lost in the desert, a Circle and a Square try to get over their biggest obstacle yet. Illustration and animation by Mike Maxam.
“We Can Literally Just Sculpt Our Imagination” (2019). 3 min 31 sec.
An interview from The Biology of Story with Professor, Director, and Set Designer, Alex McDowell. Edited by Mike Maxam with additional footage and sound from the Zack Snyder film, Man of Steel, of which McDowell was a part. Music by Hans Zimmer.
The Office Spec Promo. “Michael Scott’s How Too! (Chapter 6)” (2021). 33 sec.