Max Barber produces shows and programmes for international broadcasters & streamers, along with social media content across platforms.
Working between the UK and Spain, Max had beginnings and an education in drama & theatre, then extensive training at The London Film School. This led to a career spanning 3 decades making true crime, specialist factual, factual entertainment, documentaries, features and reality TV for a range of UK & global platforms including: Netflix, Sky Crime, BBC, Channel 4, MTV, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, History A&E, Discovery Networks & National Geographic. His roles straddle development, producing & directing and overseeing of post-production. Threaded throughout his work has been a wide variety of producing short-form / digital content, starting in the corporate & charity sector, then expanding into social media platforms –Instagram, Facebook & YouTube– making promos, campaigns, webisodes , online content along with podcasts. Max has also embraced the tools of AI video generation in bringing visions to life and raising the bar of production values legally & responsibly.
The foundations for Max´s work came after his Masters Degree when he went straight in to producing content for the corporate and charity sector. He devised and oversaw the creation of films and campaigns through: McKinsey & Company and Cheerful Twentyfirst for clients including, Bank of America, Barclays PLC, TalkSport Radio & Norwood Ravenswood, along with other media projects for, Together TV (The Community Channel), National Autistics Society & The University of East London.
Max is also an award-winning, independent filmmaker and has explored subjects as varied as human rights, sexuality, pornography, gender identity and disability through his work in scripted fiction and authored documentaries. His highly topical films have been screened at numerous international film festivals and distributed in the US & Europe through: TLA Releasing, GAYBingeTV, REVRY, MTV Logo, CFMDC, Peccadillo Pictures, Channel 4 & Amazon Prime.
maxbarber123@gmail.com
+44 7577 500065
Max is also the founder and administrator on Facebook for LGBT+ Filmmakers & UK Disability Filmmakers in a drive to nurture and collaborate with diverse talent.
