A graduate of the American Film Institute's directing program, Max Weissberg co-produced and appeared in the feature documentary film, HOTEL GRAMERCY PARK, which included cameos by Ben Stiller, Kanye West, Mischa Barton, Julian Schnabel, Winona Ryder, Jared Leto, and Karl Lagerfeld. The film earned a jury citation at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and screened on the Sundance Channel for several years. In 2012, Max appeared in HOTEL SECRETS on Sky Atlantic TV in the UK opposite actor Richard E. Grant. Max’s feature directorial debut, SUMMERTIME IN NEW YORK, screened at festivals including SXSW (as ROOM 4 RENT), and won best screenplay at the 2013 First Time Fest (held at the historic club, The Players, hosted by Martin Scorsese). The film is now available on 30 VOD outlets in 20 countries. In 2014, Max's AFI thesis short, KARAGANDA, won 5 festival awards and was invited to 26 film festivals in 13 countries. Most recently, *KARAGANDA*: RED MAFIA, a feature film based on the AFI short, screened at festivals in Europe, Asia, and the USA in 2024 and was released theatrically in Russia on over 100 screens beginning in January 2025. The film was released digitally on Amazon Prime and other outlets in April of 2025.

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Commercial credits include work on the Paramount Network, TV Land, Sundance Channel, MTV, VH1, CMT, Nick, and Comedy Central. In addition to his film work, he's also written for Rolling Stone, ICON:GRAZIA, The St. Petersburg Times, and PULSE, among other media outlets. Book publications include Philosophies of Greek Tragedy from Schiller to Nietzsche and the forthcoming The Gramercy Park Hotel: A New York Icon for Arcadia. Max speaks fluent German and Russian, as well as conversational Spanish and French.   PRESS   IMDB