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Max Colt

{{short description|Ukrainian visual effect producer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Max Colt

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| caption = Max Colt

| birth_name = Maksym Chyzhevskyi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|12|10|mf=y}}{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=Mar 9, 2012|issue=1197|pages=26}}

| birth_place = Alchevsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

| nationality = Ukrainian

| occupation = Visual Effects Producer

| years_active = 2010–present

| spouse = Valeriya Valeyeva

| children = Eva and Nicole Colt

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| website = {{URL|http://www.maxcolt.com/}}

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Max Colt (born Maksym Chyzhevskyy{{efn|{{langx|uk|Максим Чижевський|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Maksym Chyzhevskyi}}}}}}, 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3797064/?ref_=nm_flmg_vsl_15|title=Pray for Ukraine (2015)|date=28 September 2015|work=IMDb|accessdate=28 September 2015}}

Max moved to Los Angeles in 2014 where he began working on music videos, commercials and feature films.{{cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/blog/2014/11/25/tomash-kuzmytskiy-dir/ |title=VFX Company GloriaFX Opens Los Angeles Office |publisher=VideoStatic |date=2014-12-01 |accessdate=2015-09-28}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://thecelebrityauction.co/wp2/cwitter-article/meet-the-four-time-vma-nominee-youve-never-heard-of/ |title=Meet The Four-Time VMA Nominee You've Never Heard Of |publisher=TheCelebrityauction.co |date=2015-08-19 |accessdate=2015-09-28}}

Awards

2015 the MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects with Skrillex and Diplo for Justin Bieber's "Where Are Ü Now."{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2255513/2015-mtv-vmas-winners-list/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831093055/http://www.mtv.com/news/2255513/2015-mtv-vmas-winners-list/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2015|title=2015 MTV VMAs: See The Full Winners List|work=MTV News|accessdate=3 October 2015}}

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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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|nm6609992}}

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Category:American visual effects artists

Category:Living people

Category:MTV Video Music Award winners

Category:People from Ventura County, California

Category:American people of Ukrainian descent

Category:1982 births