Maximilian Day
Brighton, United Kingdom
Philosophy and Classics teacher returns to filmmaking
The urge to tell stories is primal. For my friends and I, it was the only way to draw the attention of the adults away from their glasses of wine, and towards the hastily improvised sketches we would perform as children at parties in the 80s. This desire to create and capture imaginary worlds has never left me. I won the Best Director award at Portobello Film Festival in 2005 for my version of Richard III, and have had my Straight8 short films shown at Cannes. This is my return...