# Max Myers

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{{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](/source/Iserlohn%2C_Germany)
| occupation    = 
{{flatlist|
* Film director
* screenwriter
* novelist
}}
| years_active  = 1994–present
| notable_works = [Don't Let Go](/source/Don't_Let_Go_(2002_film))<br />Boysie Blake Problem Solver (novel)<br />[Irish Jam](/source/Irish_Jam)
}}

'''Max Myers''' is a British [film director](/source/film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and [novelist](/source/novelist) who has been active in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) since the mid-1990s.

His first feature film, [''Don't Let Go''](/source/Don't_Let_Go_(2002_film)), won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement award at the 2002 [Stony Brook Film Festival](/source/Stony_Brook_Film_Festival) in New York, the Best Picture Award at the [Westchester Film Festival](/source/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](/source/Irish_Jam) starring comedian [Eddie Griffin](/source/Eddie_Griffin) and [Anna Friel](/source/Anna_Friel)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irish_jam/|title = Irish Jam|website = [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/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](/source/English_Army) sergeant, Myers was born in [Iserlohn](/source/Iserlohn), Germany and lived in a large number of postings during his youth including [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) and [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar) and eventually ended up in [East London](/source/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](/source/Manfred_Mann), [Mungo Jerry](/source/Mungo_Jerry), Berlin Rock Ensemble, [Moonraker](/source/Moonraker_(band)) and [Wings (band)](/source/Wings_(band)).

==Filmography==

'''Feature films'''
* "[Don't Let Go](/source/Don't_Let_Go_(2002_film))" (2002) - writer, director<ref name=":0" />
* "[Irish Jam](/source/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

==References==
{{reflist|1}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.usindiebooks.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|nm0616805}}

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Category:Film directors from Los Angeles

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