Bio
Maximilla Lukacs is a Hungarian born director and visual artist.
A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, she is an award winning filmmaker whose work has been featured in notable publications such as Vanity Fair, T Magazine, Vogue and The Huffington Post and showcased at prestigious galleries and film festivals around the globe. Her work has been shown at Roberts and Tilton Gallery in Los Angeles, Deitch Projects in New York, The Cob Gallery in London, The Anthology Film Archive in New York and the REDCAT Theatre in Los Angeles and many others.
Her short film “Realms” was selected to screen as part of the inaugural Los Angeles Festival of Movies. Another short film, “Move My Blood” screened as part of a kickoff event for Frieze LA at Neuhouse Venice and as part of the Women Under the Influence screening series at the Aster Hotel.
A deft storyteller, Lukacs’ dreamy, psychedelic films are influenced by her love of mythology and mysticism, and grounded in a reverence for the cycles of nature. Her distinct works are imbued with a wild feminine spirit that is equal parts playful and haunting, skillfully blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
She has directed countless commercials and short films for Nowness, Taschen, Johnson & Johnson, Christy Dawn, Samantha Pleet, the BBC and others, as well as music videos for The Pixies, Courtney Love, First Aid Kit, Lou Doillon, and many more. She has also directed longer form documentaries for Karen Elson, Mercado Sagrado and others.
She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Clients
T Magazine, BBC, Nowness, Johnson and Johnson, Taschen, Christy Dawn, Samantha Pleet, Urban Outfitters, Fresh, Topshop, Minnetonka, Orla Kiely, Mercado Sagrado, DOEN, Awaveawake, The Rainforest Alliance, Artists Against Fracking, Wren, Third Man Records, XL Recordings, Wichita Records, Matador Records, Move On, The Violet Book, Standard Textile, Verve, YouTube, Joy To The Polls, The Meteor, Leaving Records
Artists
The Pixies, First Aid Kit, Courtney Love, Karen Elson, Father John Misty, Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros, Lou Doillon, Joanna Newsom, Guards, Flo Morrissey, Jessica Tonder, The Entrance Band, Jonquil, Bo Bruce, Lavender Diamond, Paz Lenchantin, The Cairo Gang, Ren Harvieu, The Like, Gogol Bordello, Linda Perhacs, A Camp, David Pajo, Indigo Sparke, Nico Georis, Vera Sola
Selected Screenings & Exhibitions
“Realms”, Los Angeles Festival of Movies, Los Angeles 2024
“Move My Blood”, Women Under the Influence at the Aster Hotel, Los Angeles 2023
“The Story Behind the Secret Teachings of All Ages”, The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, 2023
World Wide Women "Ritual", The Cob Gallery, London 2014
"Projections: A Festival of Rare and Hard to See Films" curated by Aaron Rose, Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles 2012
“Thought Forms and Parallelograms: An evening of visual music with Linda Perhaps and friends”, The REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles 2009
"The Selby Store", Colette, Paris 2009
"Full of Light", Phantom Gallery, Los Angeles 2009