Max Gutierrez is an LA-based, Director/DP with a knack for capturing those ‘wink and smile’ comedic moments. Working with celebrities and professional athletes is his jam because they’re demanding, hard to please and eager to end the day early and that’s just fine with him.

With a background in music videos, indie films and film school, he's a scrappy filmmaker at heart and knows how to get it done with less, but he prefers the bigger shoots with proper catering and prime rib. #setlife and similar such tags make him cringe, but he truly does love life on set, collaborating with creatives and hanging with the crew.

His work has been recognized by some of the biggest names in the business, including AdWeek, the AICP, the One Club, The Addy’s and the Young Director Awards at Cannes. His music video work was featured in Billboard Magazine and nominated for Best Music Video of the Year honors by the Latin Grammys, MTV Europe, the Premios Juventud Awards and the Orgullosamente Latino. If you haven't heard of some of these award shows, don't feel bad, neither had Max.

A San Francisco native, Max graduated from UC Berkeley and enjoyed a stint at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners before earning his MFA from the School of Cinematic Arts at USC. Like Uncle Rico, he’ll occasionally reminisce about his football playing days and how he held a mean clipboard backing up Matt Hasslebeck at Boston College. Although he hung up the cleats long ago, he’s an avid sport fan and will talk your ears off yarning about the Niners and Warriors if you let him.

When Max is not on set, he loves spending time with his family planning trips to Mammoth, coaching sports or just ordering Doordash and watching reruns of Gravity Falls with the kids. When there's nothing on TV, he sometimes writes about himself in the third person. Weirdo.