Ukrainian visual effect producer
Max Colt
Born Maksym Chyzhevskyi
(1982-12-10 ) December 10, 1982 (age 42) [ 1] Nationality Ukrainian Occupation Visual Effects Producer Years active 2010–present Spouse Valeriya Valeyeva Children Eva and Nicole Colt Website www .maxcolt .com
Max Colt (born Maksym Chyzhevskyy [ a] , December 10, 1982) is a visual effects producer and supervisor. He won MTV Video Music Award in 2015 for Best Visual Effects for his work on music video for Justin Bieber , Skrillex and Diplo and 2016 MTV Video Music Award for Coldplay "Up&Up" music video. He has produced visual effects for music videos for artists such as Britney Spears , Imagine Dragons , Justin Bieber , Kanye West , Foals , Ariana Grande and Shakira . Colt was born in Alchevsk , Ukraine.
Early career
Early in his career, Max spent time working as a Creative director for an advertising firm with brands including Coca-Cola , Henkel , and Procter & Gamble . He participated in Ukrainian national video projects such as: Pray for Ukraine , directed by Evgeny Afineevsky ,[ 2]
Max moved to Los Angeles in 2014 where he began working on music videos, commercials and feature films.[ 3]
He studied visual effects production at Gnomon visual effects school.
Present career
Colt now spends most of his time in visual effects . Since 2010, he produced more than 300 music videos, several short and feature films and nearly 50 commercials.[ 4]
Awards
2015 the MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects with Skrillex and Diplo for Justin Bieber 's "Where Are Ü Now."[ 5]
2016 MTV Music Video Awards for Best Visual Effects with Coldplay .
2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity / Film Craft (Silver) with Coldplay - "UP&UP"
Films
Commercials
Music videography
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