{{short description|British file director, screenwriter, novelist}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2020}}{{Infobox person | image = Writer-director Max Myers in Los Angeles 2016 photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg | caption = Myers in 2016 | name = Max Myers | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Iserlohn, Germany | occupation = {{flatlist| * Film director * screenwriter * novelist }} | years_active = 1994–present | notable_works = Don't Let Go<br />Boysie Blake Problem Solver (novel)<br />Irish Jam }}
'''Max Myers''' is a British film director, screenwriter and novelist who has been active in Los Angeles since the mid-1990s.
His first feature film, ''Don't Let Go'', won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement award at the 2002 Stony Brook Film Festival in New York, the Best Picture Award at the Westchester Film Festival (NY) <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Cockrell|first=Eddie|date=2002-04-21|title=Don't Let Go|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/don-t-let-go-1200550196/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="theindependentcritic">{{cite web|url=http://theindependentcritic.com/max_myers_interview|title=The Independent Critic - Max Myers Interview|publisher=theindependentcritic.com|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref> and a Prism Award in Los Angeles.<ref name="allthingscrimeblog">{{cite web|url=http://www.allthingscrimeblog.com/2013/10/10/all-roads-lead-to-the-graveyard-in-no-country-for-old-men/|title=All Roads Lead to the Graveyard in "No Country for Old Men" {{pipe}} All Things Crime Blog|publisher=allthingscrimeblog.com|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref>
He was the writer of the feature film Irish Jam starring comedian Eddie Griffin and Anna Friel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irish_jam/|title = Irish Jam|website = Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> and has written a handful of violent crime novels including the award-winning, ''Boysie Blake Problem Solver''.<ref name="thebigthrill">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebigthrill.org/2015/01/boysie-blake-problem-solver-by-max-myers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204020201/http://www.thebigthrill.org/2015/01/boysie-blake-problem-solver-by-max-myers/ |archive-date=2015-02-04 |url-status=dead|title=Boysie Blake: Problem Solver by Max Myers {{pipe}} THE BIG THRILL|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref>
The son of a German woman and an English Army sergeant, Myers was born in Iserlohn, Germany and lived in a large number of postings during his youth including South Australia and Gibraltar and eventually ended up in East London where he was an amateur boxer and musician through his teens, then began working as a tour manager and sound mixer for European bands that included famous musicians from Manfred Mann, Mungo Jerry, Berlin Rock Ensemble, Moonraker and Wings (band).
==Filmography==
'''Feature films''' * "Don't Let Go" (2002) - writer, director<ref name=":0" /> * "Irish Jam" (2006) * "Slip Tumble & Slide" (2010) - writer director <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usindiefilms.com/#!about/cvfe |title=US iNDiE BOOKS |access-date=2016-07-11 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613094501/http://www.usindiefilms.com/#!about/cvfe |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Short films''' * "The Test Of Time" (2015) writer
==Bibliography== * "Boysie Blake" (2014) - crime, suspense novel
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.usindiebooks.com/}} * {{IMDb name|nm0616805}}
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