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Max Balter
BornMaxim Volodymyrovych Balter
(1988-03-05) March 5, 1988 (age 36)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
🏳️ NationalityUkrainian
💼 Occupation
film director, music video director, producer
📆 Years active  2009—present
Notable workTogether
🏅 AwardsCannes Short Film Festival,
Cannes Independent Film Festival,
Paris Play Film Festival,
New York Movie Awards,
Florence Film Awards and others
🌐 Websitehttps://maxbalter.com

Max Balter (Ukrainian: Максим Володимирович Балтер; 3 March 1988, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian director and producer.[1] He is the founder of the Balter Films[2] and First LA Production. He has directed three short films that have won over 35 festival awards worldwide.[3] His short film Together was selected for the Cannes Short Film Festival[4] and the Cannes Independent Film Festival, and won “Best Horror” at three international awards: Paris Play Film Festival, New York Movie Awards, and Florence Film Awards.[5] He has directed music videos for such artists as Kazka, Alina Pash, Agon, Poshlaya Molly, Luna, Sergey Babkin and others.[6]

Early life[edit]

Max Balter was born in Kyiv. In 2022 moved to the United States to further his career in the film industry.

Education[edit]

In 2004, Max Balter entered the “Law” specialty, in 2008, he received a bachelor's degree. In 2004—2009, he studied “Management of Organisation” and received a master's degree.

In 2021—2022, he studied for a master's degree, majoring in “Dramaturgy of Cinema and TV”.[4]

Career[edit]

In 2009—2010, he worked as an assistant director at Inter TV channel.

In 2010—2014, he was a co-founder and executive producer at Sunset Media Production.

In 2013, he directed and produced the short documentary film about Holocaust of Jewish nation Phoenix.

In 2014—2019, he was the co-founder and CEO at Bachoo Design Studio.[7][8]

In 2018—2019, he was a teacher of the course “Video Production” at Projector online institute.[4]

In 2019, he founded his own production studio Balter Films.[9]

Filmography[edit]

  • 2012 — Smotra
  • 2012 — Ukraine Trophy
  • 2013 — Wargaming. One player Story: SL1DE
  • 2013 — Wargaming. One player story: David “Thorus” Kautzky
  • 2013 — Yalta Rally
  • 2013 — Phoenix
  • 2013 — Wargaming: World Of Tanks
  • 2019 — The Plant[10]
  • 2020 — Together[11]
  • 2021 — My Friend Alpaca[12][13]

Videography[edit]

Music videos[14][edit]

2016
  1. Artem Nikitin — Selfy
2018
  1. Siarhei Mikhalok — Drezden
  2. Bambinton — Date
  3. Nikoletta — Be affraid
  4. Poshlaya Molly — LOL
  5. Temnikova — Dushit yuvelirka
2019
  1. Luna — Golden Leaves
  2. Katerina Kischuk — Offline
  3. Agon — You are twenty
  4. Agon — Bomba
  5. Sergey Babkin — Adam and Eva
  6. Poshlaya Molly & Katerina Kischuk — Mishka
2021
  1. Anna-Maria — Light UP!
  2. Kazka — Avtovidpovidach
2022
  1. Alina Pash — Not a new

Awards[edit]

Together[edit]

Country Festival Nomination
 France Paris Play Film Festival Best Thriller/Horror
 United States American Golden Picture International Film Festival (June 2020) Best Quarantine Home Made Film
 Italy Assurdo Film Festival (June 2020) Winner BEST VFX
Nominee BEST HORROR
Nominee BEST ACTRESS
Nominee BEST SCREENPLAY
 Czech Republic Prague International Monthly Film Festival Official selection
 Philippines Asian Cinematography Awards Semi-Finalist
 Italy Florence Film Awards (June 2020) Best Horror
 United States New York Movie Awards (June 2020) Best Horror
 Italy Venice Film Awards (June 2020) Honorable Mention: Horror
Honorable Mention: Actress
Honorable Mention: Sound Design
 Netherlands European Cinematography Awards Semi-Finalist
 United Kingdom First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
 Italy The Reale Film Festival Best Horror
 United States IndieX FIlm Fest Nominated for Best Horror Short
New York Cinematography AWARDS Semi-Finalist
 Italy Visioni Notturne Official selection
 France Cannes Short Film Festival Official selection
 United States Hollywood Gold Awards Official selection
 Romania Long Story Shorts Nominee BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
 Czech Republic Prague International Indie Film Festival WINNER: BEST SOUND DESIGN
Honoroble mention: BEST ACTRESS DEBUT
Horror Movie Awards Winner: Best Music
Winner: Best Atmosphere
Nominated for Best Short
Nominated for Best Cinematography
Nominated for Best Sound
 United States The Continental Film Festival Finalist
 Italy Golden Short Film Festival Finalist
Sin Film Festival Official selection
 United States Care Awards Official selection
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Finalist
 Canada Canadian Cinematography Awacds (CaCa) Semi-Finalist (BEST SHORT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY)
15 Second Horror Film Challenge Award Winner
 United States BLASTOFF Semi-Finalist
 Mexico STUFF MX Film Festival Official selection
 Spain Mollins Horor Film Festival Official selection
 United States Big Apple Film Festival Official selection
 Canada WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival Official selection
Independent Horror Movie Awards Official selection
 Ukraine Cherkasy Short Film Festival / Черкаський фестиваль кіно "КіноШот" Official selection
 Italy Corti in Cortile, il cinema in breve Official selection
 United States Shortcut 100 Official selection
 Italy Milan Gold Awards Honorable Mention: Horror
Honorable Mention: Actress
Honorable Mention: Sound Design
 France Cannes International Independent Film Festival - CIIFF Official selection

My Friend Alpaca[edit]

Country Festival Nomination
 United Kingdom London International Monthly Film Festival Honorable mention: Best Short Drama
 Italy Milan Gold Awards Honorable Mention: Student Film
 United States Hollywood Gold Awards Winner: Silver Awards - Director Short Film
Honorable Mention: Drama
 Germany Kiez Berlin Film Festival Winner: Best family and children friendly film
 United States NYCinternationalfilmfestival (4th season) Winner: Best Short Drama
Winner: Best Male Director
 Greece Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival Honorable mention: Best Directing
 Turkey Anatolia International Film Festival Winner: Best credits scene
World Indie Film Awards Winner: Best Short Film
 France Paris Shorts Film Awards Winner: Best Drama Short
 United States OTB Only The Best Film Awards Winner: Best Drama Short
 Turkey Venus Community Awards Winner: Best Drama Short
 United States Aphrodite Film Awards Official selection
 Sweden The North Film Festival Official selection
Emberlight International Film Festival Official selection
 United States Orlando International Film Festival Honorable Mention
 France International Children Care Film Festival Honorable Mention
 Germany ARFF Berlin Winner: Best Director

References[edit]

  1. "Дивіться: Перший український хоррор про самоізоляцію, знятий під час пандемії у квартирі". officiel-online.com. L'Officiel. 2020-05-29.
  2. "Фільм-хоррор українського режисера про самоізоляцію на карантині отримав п'ять міжнародних кінонагород". unian.ua. UNIAN. 2020-07-23.
  3. Nataliia Bushkovska (2020-07-23). "Український хоррор про самоізоляцію отримав п'ять міжнародних кінонагород. ВІДЕО". life.pravda.com. Ukrayinska Pravda.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dmytro Koshelnik (2021-03-26). "Как я ушел из IT в режиссуру и через год отправил фильм в Канны". vctr.media. Vector.
  5. "Українська короткометражка отримала п'ять міжнародних нагород – відео". 5.ua. 5 Kanal. 2020-07-23.
  6. Anna Nahorna (2022-06-09). "Выйти из IТ. Истории трех айтишников, ставших чайным сомелье, кайт-инструктором и режиссером". dev.ua.
  7. "Лекция Максима Балтера «Кто такой продюсер»". cases.media. 2018-10-05.
  8. Vlad Holovko (2020-05-28). "Український режисер оприлюднив короткометражний трилер про самоізоляцію на карантині". hromadske.ua. Hromadske.
  9. "Max Balter, Founder of Balter Films Opens Up About Video Production in Ukraine". 2020-04-30.
  10. "The Plant". IMDb.
  11. Anna Azarova (2020-08-27). "Check out this Award-Winning Ukrainian Film, Together".
  12. "My friend Alpaca". IMDb.
  13. "Together". IMDb.
  14. "Max Balter". vimeo.com. Vimeo.

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