CINEMATOGRAPHER : MAX MALLEN
Max Mallen is a versatile, award-winning film director, cinematographer and editor with exceptional flair and know-how. He is the founder of Front Row Picturehouse, and he has collaborated with Stonedog Productions on many keynote projects, notably Hornsleth: Product of Love (as principal cinematographer & Associate Producer), Linda Karshan: Choreographing the Page (as cinematographer and editor), Kirsty McCall 10.10.10 (as camera operator), and Ishmael Annobil's surreal feature, Salamander Walks (as camera operator). A fluent French and English speaker, Max has edited numerous documentaries on the British Royal family Read More

Max Mallen is a versatile, award-winning film director, cinematographer and editor with exceptional flair and know-how. He is the founder of Front Row Picturehouse, and he has collaborated with Stonedog Productions on many keynote projects, notably Hornsleth: Product of Love (as principal cinematographer & Associate Producer), Linda Karshan: Choreographing the Page (as cinematographer and editor), Kirsty McCall 10.10.10 (as camera operator), and Ishmael Annobil's surreal feature, Salamander Walks (as camera operator). A fluent French and English speaker, Max has edited numerous documentaries on the British Royal family, and has directed many acclaimed video campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Honda, Google, British Airways and many more. He has an MA in screen directing from London University of Arts and a BA in filmmaking. Mallen is currently developing two feature films, including a dystopian odyssey with Ishmael Annobil, while compiling his first photographic monograph, to be published in 2021 by Totem Books. His awards include a nomination for the Royal TV Association Best Documentary and a BAFTA for best short film. He is a gifted cook, guitarist, and film photographer.

Website: www.frontrowpicturehouse.com

Portrait by Ishmael Annobil

ABOUT STONEDOG PRODUCTIONS

Stonedog Productions is an international film collective noted for peerless storytelling, aesthetics, poetics and risk-taking. We embrace both realism and surrealism with equal passion, and flow seamlessly between the documentary and fictional idioms. We believe in collaboration as a way round budgetary pressures, so as to concentrate on the playmaking process. This approach also guarantees our continual evolution as an art group.

PHOTOGRAPHIC, DESIGN AND COPYWRITING CREDITS

Portraits of Linda Karshan, Nana Yaa Annobil & Max Mallen by Ishmael Annobil
Portrait of Ishmael Fiifi Annobil by Nana Yaa Annobil; portrait of Nick Kulukundis © Nick Kulukundis
Photos of Roger Joseph and Daughters, and with the 8th Divison are by courtesy of © the Joseph, Karshan & Steinfeldt Estates
Website concept, design and copywriting by Ishmael Fiifi Annobil / Web Development by Ruzanna Hovasapyan

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