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Max Pugh

February 16, 2024

Max Pugh is a British filmmaker who also has French nationality. Since completing a BBC production traineeship in 2000 during which he worked on Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am, he has directed documentaries on a number of subjects, from arts and music to geopolitical issues for the BBC and Channel Four. For several years he was associated with Yeastculture, a group of filmmakers and video artists that made music videos for live stage shows and for art installations as well as TV documentaries.

Max Pugh
Pugh in 2018
Born
Durham, England
Occupations
  • Film and television director
  • screenwriter
Years active1999–present

In 2003, his first feature documentary The Leech and the Earthworm co-directed with Marc Silver screened at international film festivals. That same year, The End of the Line, his fictional short (made with the help of the UK Film Council New Cinema Fund, Screen East and Tilt Films) which starred Miriam Margolyes and David Oyelowo was nominated for best short at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and selected for several other international festivals. In 2005, he directed the short psychological drama Blackout, as well as a series of other documentary films about the rise to power of the left-wing in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Pugh's feature collaboration as film editor with Michael Nyman, NYman with a Movie Camera, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and Barbican Hall in London in 2010 before being moving to the Berlin Film Festival, Turin, Sydney, Morelia and MOMA New York in 2011. The film has been screened around the world in 2012 in a new version. In August 2013 the film opened as an 11-screen video installation at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Festival. [1] The installation then travelled to Art Basel in Miami, and Zona Maco in Mexico City. In 2015 Michael Nyman and Pugh have screened their new film War Work to critical acclaim in Paris, Budapest, Cologne and London (December 2015) with a theatrical release planned for 2017.

In 2013 Pugh completed The Road to Freedom Peak, a feature documentary about Jonathan Okwir, a former child soldier in Uganda with the Australian journalist and producer Corrin Varady and the actor Djimon Hounsou for Foxtel, Screen Australia and Netflix. In 2016 he finished work on Walk with Me, a documentary about the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with the filmmaker Marc James Francis (Black Gold). Walk with Me is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and was released in 2017.

In 2019 Pugh worked on Nyman's Earthquakes with Michael Nyman an experimental feature documentary which premiered at the Milan Film Festival.

In 2022 Pugh worked with Marc James Francis on a biographical documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh entitled ‘A Cloud Never Dies’. Pugh also released a three-screen art installation ‘Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music’ at the MADD Museum in Bordeaux, France.

Works edit

Filmography edit

  • The Wrap in Cannes (1998)
  • Ashes to Enlightenment (1999)
  • My Brecon (2000)
  • Tracey Moffat (2000)
  • Boris Michailov (2001)
  • Roger Ballen (2001)
  • Posh Plots (2002)
  • The Leech and the Earthworm (2002) [2]
  • The End of The Line (2003)
  • Spiralling (2006)
  • The Road to Freedom Peak (2014) [3]
  • Walk With Me (2017)[4]
  • Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music (2022)[5]
  • A Cloud Never Dies(2022)

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Film collaborations edit

  • Global Protest (2000)
  • Otro modo es posible… en Venezuela with Edizioni Gattacicova (2002) [7]
  • Como Bush ganò las elecciones (en Ecuador) with Edizioni Gattacicova (2003) [8]
  • Bolivia no se vende with Edizioni Gattacicova (2004)
  • Nuestro petroleo y otros cuentos with Edizioni Gattacicova (2005)
  • NYman With a Movie Camera with Michael Nyman (2010)
  • War Work with Michael Nyman (2014) [9]
  • Nyman's Earthquakes with Michael Nyman (2019) [10]

Video Installations edit

  • Calling London (2001) The Architecture Foundation / Artsworld
  • Aztecs in Liverpool (2014) with Michael Nyman
  • Images were introduced (2016) with Michael Nyman[11]
  • The Twelve-Walled Room (2017) with Michael Nyman[12]
  • Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music (2021)

References edit

Books edit

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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Max Pugh is a British filmmaker who also has French nationality Since completing a BBC production traineeship in 2000 during which he worked on Paul Robeson Speak of Me as I Am he has directed documentaries on a number of subjects from arts and music to geopolitical issues for the BBC and Channel Four For several years he was associated with Yeastculture a group of filmmakers and video artists that made music videos for live stage shows and for art installations as well as TV documentaries Max PughPugh in 2018BornDurham EnglandOccupationsFilm and television director screenwriterYears active1999 presentIn 2003 his first feature documentary The Leech and the Earthworm co directed with Marc Silver screened at international film festivals That same year The End of the Line his fictional short made with the help of the UK Film Council New Cinema Fund Screen East and Tilt Films which starred Miriam Margolyes and David Oyelowo was nominated for best short at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and selected for several other international festivals In 2005 he directed the short psychological drama Blackout as well as a series of other documentary films about the rise to power of the left wing in Venezuela Bolivia and Ecuador Pugh s feature collaboration as film editor with Michael Nyman NYman with a Movie Camera premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and Barbican Hall in London in 2010 before being moving to the Berlin Film Festival Turin Sydney Morelia and MOMA New York in 2011 The film has been screened around the world in 2012 in a new version In August 2013 the film opened as an 11 screen video installation at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Festival 1 The installation then travelled to Art Basel in Miami and Zona Maco in Mexico City In 2015 Michael Nyman and Pugh have screened their new film War Work to critical acclaim in Paris Budapest Cologne and London December 2015 with a theatrical release planned for 2017 In 2013 Pugh completed The Road to Freedom Peak a feature documentary about Jonathan Okwir a former child soldier in Uganda with the Australian journalist and producer Corrin Varady and the actor Djimon Hounsou for Foxtel Screen Australia and Netflix In 2016 he finished work on Walk with Me a documentary about the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with the filmmaker Marc James Francis Black Gold Walk with Me is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and was released in 2017 In 2019 Pugh worked on Nyman s Earthquakes with Michael Nyman an experimental feature documentary which premiered at the Milan Film Festival In 2022 Pugh worked with Marc James Francis on a biographical documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh entitled A Cloud Never Dies Pugh also released a three screen art installation Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music at the MADD Museum in Bordeaux France Contents 1 Works 1 1 Filmography 1 2 Film collaborations 1 3 Video Installations 2 References 3 BooksWorks editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2020 Filmography edit The Wrap in Cannes 1998 Ashes to Enlightenment 1999 My Brecon 2000 Tracey Moffat 2000 Boris Michailov 2001 Roger Ballen 2001 Posh Plots 2002 The Leech and the Earthworm 2002 2 The End of The Line 2003 Spiralling 2006 The Road to Freedom Peak 2014 3 Walk With Me 2017 4 Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music 2022 5 A Cloud Never Dies 2022 6 Film collaborations edit Global Protest 2000 Otro modo es posible en Venezuela with Edizioni Gattacicova 2002 7 Como Bush gano las elecciones en Ecuador with Edizioni Gattacicova 2003 8 Bolivia no se vende with Edizioni Gattacicova 2004 Nuestro petroleo y otros cuentos with Edizioni Gattacicova 2005 NYman With a Movie Camera with Michael Nyman 2010 War Work with Michael Nyman 2014 9 Nyman s Earthquakes with Michael Nyman 2019 10 Video Installations edit Calling London 2001 The Architecture Foundation Artsworld Aztecs in Liverpool 2014 with Michael Nyman Images were introduced 2016 with Michael Nyman 11 The Twelve Walled Room 2017 with Michael Nyman 12 Nothing Will Ever Stop the Music 2021 References edithttps www telegraph co uk culture art 4323657 Michael Nyman takes a new route html February 2009 http eleconomista com mx entretenimiento 2010 03 18 nyman festejara su cumplenos lunario March 2010 http www zimbio com pictures fl CdwjqGDJ Talent Lab Michael Nyman 2010 Toronto International 9aKagGl8lFP Max Pugh September 2010 http www musicsalesclassical com news 3069 http www tvtonight com au 2014 03 freedom peak an inspiring documentary html March 2014 http www screendaily com news production benedict cumberbatch boards buddhism doc 5102026 article blocktitle LATEST FILM NEWS HEADLINES amp contentID 44435 March 2016 https www timeout com london film otro modo es posible en venezuela https www torinofilmfest org en 21 torino film festival film como bush gan C3 B2 las elecciones en ecuador 6407 https peacenews info node 5031 elisabetta andreoli gabriele muzio sara muzio and max pugh our oil and other tales https www artinliverpool com michael nyman aztecs in liverpool walker art gallery https goingapp pl evt 1174195 michael nyman instalacja the 12 walled room http www meigh andrews com writings interviews michael nyman https www architecturefoundation org uk programme 2001 calling londonBooks edithttps catalogue nla gov au Record 6188779 Biomapping Indigenous peoples towards an understanding of the issues edited by Susanne Berthier Foglar Sheila Collingwood Whittick and Sandrine Tolazzi The Leech and the Earthworm Pg 61 https mitpress mit edu books environmental justice and environmentalism Environmental Justice and Environmentalism edited by Ronald Sandler Phaedra C Pezzullo MIT Press The Leech and the Earthworm Pg 270 276 https catalat org book state and democracy under hugo chavez 1998 2013 STATE AND DEMOCRACY UNDER HUGO CHAVEZ 1998 2013 By Mariana Bruce pub FGV Otro Modo es Posible en Venezuela Pg 69 270 http libcom org blog book review venezuela revolution spectacle rafael uzc C3 A1tegui 09092011 Venezuela Revolution as Spectacle by Rafael Uzcategui and Chaz Bufe Sharp Press 2010 Otro Modo es Posible en Venezuela Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Max Pugh amp oldid 1141797755, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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