About me
Max Esposito is a director of documentaries and commercials, as well as a photographer and runner. His documentary work is inspired by unexpected human interest stories and pressing social issues. His most recent documentary, Flashpoint, was acquired by the LA Times’ Oscar-winning Short Docs series and commissioned by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. His feature documentary, Paper Lanterns, influenced the historic meeting of former President Obama and the subject of the film, Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor and historian who uncovered the plight of 12 American POWs that were in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was detonated. Max’s work has screened at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the United Nations Headquarters, and at film festivals across the globe as well as being featured in a TED Talk. His social impact work focusing on veterans was recognized with a Citation of Merit from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, his Ad Council PSA advocating for early STEM education was recognized by Google at SXSW, and in 2020 he was given unprecedented access to document medical staff working inside a Covid-19 ICU. Commercially, Max has directed ads for Google, Jack Daniels, DraftKings, Dunkin’, Liberty Mutual, Aetna, Fidelity Investments, New Balance, and Reebok among others. Max is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
