Writer/Director Max Neace Creating With Constraints

About this episode

Sandy chats with film producer, writer, and director Max Neace about his journey into the entertainment world and his film 'Shift'.

Sandy chats with film producer, writer, and director Max Neace about his journey into the entertainment world. Max shares how he learned the ropes of producing and used that knowledge to make his own movies, like Shift—a thrilling film created mostly within tight constraints. The story of SHIFT sounds simple but intriguing: what if a thriller stayed inside a security office? Max also produced other films such as WHAT WE DO NEXT, written and directed by Steven Belber and featuring actors like ...

People in this episode

Host: Sandy Adomaitis

Guest: Max Neace

Topics covered

• film production
• directing
• thriller films
• creative constraints
• interviews

Keywords

• Max Neace
• film producer
• director
• Shift
• creative constraints
• thriller
• WHAT WE DO NEXT
• Steven Belber

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shift, WHAT WE DO NEXT

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