Arthur Max

Known for ArtBorn 1946-05-01 (age 80)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Arthur Max (born May 1, 1946) is an American production designer. The native New Yorker began his career as a stage lighting designer in the music industry following graduation from New York University in the late 1960s. Those assignments included work at Bill Graham's famous music venue The Fillmore East in New York's East Village, and the historic Woodstock Festival of 1969. During the following decade, he designed concert lighting and festival stages for many rock and jazz artists. He was Pink Floyd's lighting designer during the bands' tours in the US and worldwide in the early-1970s. After studying architecture in England (earning degrees in the early-1980s from the Polytechnic of Central London and the Royal College of Art), Max went on to do several architectural design projects in London including an award-winning lighting design for the stage of St John's Concert Hall, a former 18th Century church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. He entered the British film industry as an assistant to several English production designers. First for Stuart Craig on Hugh Hudson's "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" and "Cal" (both 1984), then for Ashetton Gorton on Hudson's "Revolution" the following year. He commenced his own production design career in TV commercials for ten years from 1985 to 1995 (for such clients as Pepsi, Nike, Jeep, Coke and Levi's), which led to his ongoing associations with directors Scott and Fincher.Read more

Movies & web series

Se7en

Gladiator

The Path to Redemption

The Martian

American Gangster

The Last Duel

Black Hawk Down

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

Kingdom of Heaven

Shooting 'Panic Room'

Gladiator II

Panic Room

House of Gucci

Prometheus

Body of Lies

The Last Vermeer

All the Money in the World

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Napoleon

Robin Hood

G.I. Jane

Insignificance

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

The Counselor

Strength and Honor: Production Pods