Mark Maxey
Production
Biography
Mark Maxey is an Emmy award-winning producer and president of Rolling Pictures – a motion picture company that finances and produces feature films and television. Productions include the political thriller WORDS OF WAR directed by James Strong and starring Jason Isaacs, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Miles, Maxine Peake; SPACE ODDITY directed by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Kevin Bacon, Alexandra Shipp, Kyle Allen and Carrie Preston; Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut AS THEY MADE US starring Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen, Dianna Agron, and Simon Helberg; RARE OBJECTS directed by and starring Katie Holmes with Alan Cumming, Julia Mayorga and Derek Luke; and the documentary film UP TO SNUFF which Maxey wrote, directed and produced, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, and W.G. Snuffy Walden. Executive producer credits include THE KILL ROOM starring Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke, directed by Nicol Paone. Maxey serves on the national board of directors of the Producers Guild of America, co-chairs PGA Capital, and is a national member of the Television Academy. Maxey is co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Washington West Film Festival, the only film festival to donate 100% of box office proceeds to help at-risk youth and families in need. Maxey serves on the boards of Women in Film & Video, Artistic Fuel Foundation, and the Rock & Roll for Children Foundation benefiting families fighting pediatric cancer at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Maxey is a long-time supporter and volunteer for the United Services Organizations (USO) and Kids in the Spotlight which changes outcomes for at-risk foster youth in Los Angeles through innovative visual arts programs.
Known For
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a woman who brings him down to Earth.
Space Oddity
A young woman seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop, until faces from her traumatic past start to surface.
Rare Objects
Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
As They Made Us
A humorous and poignant look at the man behind the music; W.G. Snuffy Walden has written the soundtrack of our lives. Friends and collaborators share stories, laughs and insights about this gentle soul with a compassionate heart and generous spirit. Overcoming challenges and loss, Snuffy has quietly worked behind the scenes to mentor, inspire and elevate those around him while becoming one of the most successful television composers of our generation.
Up to Snuff
First Responders sign up to serve; they risk their lives and their mental health to respond to someone’s worst day. Who will rescue them? PTSD911 is a documentary film about real people: normal, average human beings who have chosen to work in professions that require above average heroism, fortitude, and resolve. These men and women have jobs that require a willingness to face things that most of us can’t even imagine, yet maintain a high level of dignity and professionalism. First responders in fact repeatedly see and experience things that most of us will never see, causing compound issues related to post-traumatic stress injuries and disorders.