Max Colt
Max Colt (born Maksym Chyzhevskyy in Alchevsk, Ukraine) is a visual effects producer and director. He works as an executive producer and independent representative of GloriaFX company. He has produced visual effects for music videos for artists such as Britney Spears, Imagine Dragons, Justin Bieber, Foals, Ariana Grande and Shakira.
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. In 2010, he joined his friend Tomash Kuzmitskiy's company, GloriaFX. He participated in Ukrainian national video projects such as: Pray for Ukraine, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky,[1] and Once Upon a Mine, directed by Vofka Solovyov.[2]
Because of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Max moved to Los Angeles where he began working on commercials and feature films.[3]
Present career
Colt now spends most of his time in visual effects. Since 2010, he has been involved in more than 200 music videos, three films and nearly 20 commercials.[4]
Awards
In 2015, Colt received the MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects with Skrillex and Diplo for Justin Bieber's "Where Are Ü Now." [5] GloriaFX and Colt were nominated for three other projects: Childish Gambino's "Telegraph Ave", FKA Twigs's “Two Weeks” and Tyler, The Creator's “F****** Young/Death Camp”.
Films
- Abattoir, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
- Romka, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
- The Harvesting directed by Ivan Kraljevic
- Winter on Fire, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
- Mr. Happy, directed by Colin Tilley
Music videography
2015
- Ciara - "I Bet"
- Galantis - "Runaway (U & I)"
- Imagine Dragons - "Shots"
- Demi Lovato - "Cool for the Summer"
- Muse - "Mercy"
- Ariana Grande - "One Last Time"
2014
- Ten Walls - "Walking With Elephants"
- Redfoo - "New Thang"
- Jessie J - "Bang Bang"
- Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"
- Lil Wayne - "Krazy"
- RaeLynn - "God Made Girls"
- Paris Hilton - "Come Alive"
2013
- French Montana - "Gifted ft. The Weeknd"
- James Blake [life round here] ft. Chance The Rapper
- Cris Cab - "Liar Liar"
- DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne - "No New Friends"
- Chris Brown Feat Aaliyah - "Don't Think They Know"
- Tyga ft. Chris Brown - "Fuck For The Road"
- Jason Derulo - "The Other Side"
- David Guetta - "Just One Last Time ft. Taped Rai"
- Juicy J ft. Lil Wayne - "Bands A Make Her Dance"
- Lil Wayne "God Bless Amerika"
- Foals - "Bad habit"
- Chris Brown - "Fine China"
2012
- LL Cool J - "Take It" ft. Joe
- Nicki Minaj, Cassie - "The Boys"
- Nicki Minaj — "I am your leader"
- Lil Wayne ft. Big Sean "My Homies Still"
- Chris Brown ft. Big Sean & Wiz Khalifa - "Till I Die"
- DJ Khaled "Take It to the Head" ft. Chris Brown . Rick Ross . Nicki Minaj . Lil Wayne
- Rick Ross, Meek Mill & T-Pain - "Bag of Money"
- Mary J. Blige feat Rick Ross – "Why"
- Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend"
- Tyga ft. Big Sean - "IM GONE"
- Tyga ft. Lil Wayne - "Faded"
- J. Cole ft. Missy Elliot - "Nobody's perfect"
- French Montana ft. Rick Ross, Diddy and Charlie Rock - "Shot Caller" (Remix)
2011
- Diddy / Dirty Money Feat. Chris Brown – "Yesterday"
- Mary J. Blige ft Diddy and Lil Wayne – "Someone To Love Me" (Naked)
- Melanie Fiona – "Never Coming Back"
- Diddy Dirty Money feat. Trey Songz and Rick Ross – "YourLove"
- Lil Wayne ft. Rick Ross – "John" (Explicit)
- Chris Brown – "SheAin'tYou"
- Chris Brown ft. Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne – "LookAtMeNow"
- Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber – "Next 2 You"
- Jason Derulo – "Breathing"
- Chris Brown ft. Kevin K-MAC McCall – "Strip"
- FreeSol ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland – "Fascinated"
- Jessie J – "Domino"
References
- ^ "Pray for Ukraine (2015)". IMDb. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Endorsements | Once Upon a Mine". Onceuponaminefilm.com. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "VFX Company GloriaFX Opens Los Angeles Office". VideoStatic. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Meet The Four-Time VMA Nominee You've Never Heard Of". TheCelebrityauction.co. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "2015 MTV VMAs: See The Full Winners List". MTV News. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
