Max is a multiple Emmy award-winning executive producer, writer and director of high-profile non-fiction programming. A leading pioneer in VR content creation and development, Max has directed and produced over 40 VR films with a total audience of over 250 million viewers. He developed and executed the launch pipeline for National Geographic VR and VR their content partnerships with HuluVR and Facebook, resulting in some of the highest rated VR content across both platforms.

In 2019 Max brought in 6 Webby Awards for his VR work -- Best Cinematic VR, Best 360, Best Narrative Experience, Best Interactive Design and two People’s Voice Awards. His 3-part VR series, The Long Road Home: Memories of War, which takes viewers inside the shattered PTSD-laced dreams and memories of Iraq War veterans won the 2018 Webby Award for Best Cinematic VR, Best Documentary at VR Fest, and the 2018 Cine Golden Eagle for Best Non-Fiction Virtual Reality.

Prior to this, he produced films for PBS, NATURE, History Channel and National Geographic, where he was Senior Producer of its flagship Explorer series. His long-form specials for PBS, Discovery and National Geographic have earned him nearly 20 National Emmy Awards, including back-to-back wins for Best Investigative Documentary for Gorilla Murders, and for National Geographic’s landmark investigation into the BP oil spill, Can the Gulf Survive?