Arthur Max
Born: 1946-05-01 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Art
Biography
Arthur Max (born May 1, 1946) is an American production designer. The native New Yorker began his career as a stage lighting designer in the music industry following graduation from New York University in the late 1960s. Those assignments included work at Bill Graham's famous music venue The Fillmore East in New York's East Village, and the historic Woodstock Festival of 1969. During the following decade, he designed concert lighting and festival stages for many rock and jazz artists. He was Pink Floyd's lighting designer during the bands' tours in the US and worldwide in the early-1970s. After studying architecture in England (earning degrees in the early-1980s from the Polytechnic of Central London and the Royal College of Art), Max went on to do several architectural design projects in London including an award-winning lighting design for the stage of St John's Concert Hall, a former 18th Century church in the centre of Smith Square, Westminster, London. He entered the British film industry as an assistant to several English production designers. First for Stuart Craig on Hugh Hudson's "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" and "Cal" (both 1984), then for Ashetton Gorton on Hudson's "Revolution" the following year. He commenced his own production design career in TV commercials for ten years from 1985 to 1995 (for such clients as Pepsi, Nike, Jeep, Coke and Levi's), which led to his ongoing associations with directors Scott and Fincher.
Filmography
2024
- Gladiator II ... (Production Design)
2023
- Napoleon ... (Production Design)
2021
- The Last Duel ... (Production Design)
- House of Gucci ... (Production Design)
2019
- The Last Vermeer ... (Art Direction)
2017
- All the Money in the World ... (Production Design)
2015
- The Martian ... (Production Design)
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
2014
- Exodus: Gods and Kings ... (Production Design)
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
2013
- The Counselor ... (Production Design)
2012
- Prometheus ... (Production Design)
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2010
- Robin Hood ... (Production Design)
2008
- Body of Lies ... (Production Design)
2007
- American Gangster ... (Production Design)
2006
- The Path to Redemption as Self
2005
- Kingdom of Heaven ... (Production Design)
- Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- Strength and Honor: Production Pods as Self
2004
- Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
2002
- Panic Room ... (Production Design)
2001
- Black Hawk Down ... (Production Design)
2000
- Gladiator ... (Production Design)
1997
- G.I. Jane as Barber
1995
- Se7en as Man in Library (uncredited)
1985
- Insignificance ... (Art Direction)