Max started his career in writing, where he won a BAFTA at the age of 19 for his work on Skins. He developed C4’s Fried Chicken Shop at Mentorn Media and produced the Grierson-nominated performance documentary PAYDAY for C4 whilst at Pulse Films. Max was one of the Media Guardian Edinburgh TV Festival’s Ones to Watch and is now head of development at VICE, driving VICE’s TV slate, building a development team and producing and directing flagship documentaries for VICE’s channels. His latest film, CHEMSEX, previewed at Sheffield Documentary Festival in 2014.