Bio
Maximilla Lukacs was born in Budapest, Hungary and is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute. She is an award winning filmmaker, editor and fine artist whose work has been showcased at prestigious film festivals and galleries around the globe and have been written up in V, Lula, Elle, Nylon, Flaunt, L'Officiel among others. She is co-founder of the production company The Belles of the Black Diamond Field along with her directing partner Sarah Sophie Flicker (The Citizen's Band). In addition to working in film, Maximilla has continued to work in the fine arts. Her artwork has been showcased at Deitch Projects in New York, Colette in Paris, The Partisan Gallery in San Francisco and many others. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Education
BFA Fine Art/Film, 1999, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, Painting/Drawing
Director
Music Videos
The Entrance Band, Lookout!, Ecstatic Peace/Universal Motown
A Camp, Love Has Left The Room, Universal Sweden
PAJO, Where Eagles Dare, Black Tent Press/Wildlife Vinyl
Lavender Diamond, The Garden Rose, Matador Records
The Entrance Band, Grim Reaper Blues, Tee Pee Records
Paz Lenchantin, Kentucky Hymn, Black Tent Press/ Wildlife Vinyl
Gogol Bordello, Dogs Are Barking, Rubrik Records
Short Films
Spell (2009)
Collaboration with Topshop and Lula Magazine
Sandy Toes (2009)
Part of Linda Perhacs event Thoughtforms and Parallelograms at the Red Cat Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
To Higher Places (2009)
Collaboration with Cavern Collection
Lay Down Lean (2006)
God Ain’t Gonna Put It In Your Lap (2006)
Kill Your Darlings (2004)
* Best Experimental Film (Da Vinci Film and Video Festival, Corvallis Oregon)
* Best Original Screenplay (Borges en Court International Film Festival, Les Borges Blanques, Spain)
Editor
Dream Havana, Director Gary Marks, Hexagram Productions
* Best Documentary (Orlando Hispanic Film Festival )
* Best Documentary (Chicago Latino Film Festival)
www.dreamhavanamovie.com
White Light, Director Alia Raza, Adapted from the short story Birthmark by Miranda July, Starring Kim Gordon, Becky Stark, Liz Goldwyn and Damian Kulash.
Rotter and Friends Fall 2008 Collection, Director Jessica Hundley, Choreography Ryan Heffington, Music Link Wray.
www.rotterandfriends.com
The Circus: 1870-1950, Book trailer for Taschen Books.
www.taschen.com
Let Me Go, (music video) Director Alia Raza. The Chapin Sisters. Plain Recordings/ Manimal Vinyl
thechapinsisters.com
Coven, Director Arden Wohl Short film starring Domino Kirke. Narrated by Leelee Sobieski
Staffers, Television series for the Discovery Times Network
www.cameraplanet.com/staffers
Speaking for Trees, Director Mark Borthwick, Matador Records Feature length performance film of Cat Power shot in upstate New York.
www.matadorrecords.com/cat_power
Selected Exhibitions
The Selby Store, Colette. Paris 2009
Full of Light, Group Exhibition, Curated by Dirk Knibbe
Phantom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2009
Hands Across the Water, Maximilla Lukacs and Julia Leonard
The Partisan Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008