Maxime Alexandre

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Maxime Alexandre, ASC, CCS (February 4, 1971 in Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium)^[1][2][3] is a Belgian-Italian cinematographer, who was most recently cinematographer on the Netflix Oxygen, the films Role Play directed by Vincent Thomas, Shazam! directed by David F. Sandberg, and Crawl, directed by Alexandre Aja.

Early life

Born in

A few years later, he discovered a passion for photography on the set of a short movie directed by his stepfather. In the late 1980s, his family moved to Paris. He began his career in the camera department working on commercials, learning from great cinematographers like Darius Khondji, Jean-Yves Escoffier, Pierre Lhomme, Vilko Filac, and Italian cinematographers including Tonino Delli Colli, and Franco Di Giacomo. His earliest work as a director of photography was shooting the second commercial unit for Michel Gondry.

Career

Then, in 2001, he met

In 2006, he was recognized by Variety as one of its Ten Cinematographers to Watch. Several other films have followed, including P2, directed by Franck Khalfoun, and THE CRAZIES by Breck Eisner. In 2008, he directed his first feature film, HOLY MONEY, starring Aaron Stanford, Ben Gazzara, Valeria Solarino, and Joaquim De Almeida. His second film as director, CHRISTOPHER ROTH, was selected for several festivals, including the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, the Rome Independent Film Festival; Brazil’s Cinefantasy, where it won Best Movie, Best Villain, Best Make Up, Best SFX, and Best Soundtrack; and won the Best Director at the Italian 2nd Fantasy Horror Awards. Director Michael J. Bassett’s 2011 film SILENT HILL REVELATION was his first feature as a 3D cinematographer.

In 2012, he worked on Maniac, directed by Franck Khaifoun and starring Elijah Wood, which premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He shot Dave Green’s film EARTH TO ECHO in 2014. That year, he also shot The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds and Anna Kendrick. The film, directed by Marjane Satrapi, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

He has been a member of the Italian Society of Cinematographers and American Society of Cinematographers since 2023.

Filmography

Film

Short film

Television

References

External links

• Maxime Alexandre at
  IMDb
• Official Website