Bio
Maximilla Lukacs is a Hungarian born director and visual artist known for her dreamlike cinematic language and deeply immersive visual storytelling.
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 and Vogue and screened at acclaimed galleries and film institutions around the globe. Her work has been exhibited at Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Deitch Projects, The Anthology Film Archives and the REDCAT Theatre to name a few.
In 2024, 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 visual storyteller, Lukacs creates films that are at once poetic, psychedelic, and emotionally raw — shaped by her fascination with mythology, mysticism and ritual. Her work balances intimacy with surrealism, weaving together haunting imagery, humor, sensuality, and emotional depth into fully realized cinematic worlds. Across narrative, fashion, music, and documentary filmmaking, she has become known for building emotionally charged visual universes that feel both deeply personal and mythic. Her bold vision is unmistakable across all platforms. She is also a celebrated editor — a rare combination that allows her to shape emotionally nuanced stories from both behind the camera and within the edit itself.
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 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, The Ford Foundation, Flamingo Estate
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, Erin Durant
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