Maximilien Luc Proctor
Directing
Biography
MAXIMILIEN LUC PROCTOR (MLP) is a French-American filmmaker, critic and curator. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with honors in Film and Media Studies in 2014 before moving to Heidelberg, where he shot his first feature film, FRAGMENTS OF A MEMORY OF A FILM, while working as a barista and karaoke host. In 2017 he moved to Berlin and completed his second feature film, SREĆAN PUT, in 2021. He records music in the band Two Nice Catholic Boys, is the founder and a co-editor of Ultra Dogme, and serves as the avant-garde instructor for Berlin’s Art-on-the-Run film school.
Known For
Grounds, Premises takes the opening scene of Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space to consider intention and failure. What emerges is a treatise on the creative process with the emphasis on process rather than result. This film was made while teaching a film production course at a castle in the South of the Netherlands, and is dedicated to our fleeting time together.
Grounds, Premises
This is the rhythm of the night (¿Esas Son Reebok o Son Nike?). Shot on 500T.
such radiation that is visible
A triple exposure on EXR 50D 16mm film: two layers shot in summer, and the third captured on the cusp of winter. A collection of statues fading in and out of consciousness, around the Weissensee lake in northeast Berlin, where the filmmaker lives.
Seasonal Concerns
The snow of Weissensee, a home in Tāmaki Makaurau, the beach in Matapōuri. Edited in camera, using double-perforated film.
Aotearoa
Investigating autumn, temporal alterations, and their effect on movement
LIBRA
A playful engagement with memory and moving images, employing experimental visuals, voice journals, and staged dialogs.
Srećan Put
Reveling in the Autumn foliage, grazing through frosted fields, staring at an abandoned car. As fall slips into winter, the world burns and hell freezes over. Yet one must persist, in spite of hell. Shot on Ektachrome.
In Spite of Hell
A roll and a half made to delight in color and the presence of friends. Steps toward learning to read in the dark.
Fluid Fragments
Living in the present moment while looking forward at History. Combines 16mm, Super 8 and digital video.
The City and Her Stones
short film starring a chair; scored by Oren Ambarchi + Johan Berthling + Andreas Werliin
Yek
A portrait of Lorem in three iterations: null, Flare, and Lord.
Lorem
The castles between Babelsburg and Klein Glienicke by Potsdam, Germany. A regular 8mm film, black & white reversal Fomapan.
view of Ines and the Castle of Klein Glienicke
A call for life while surrounded by the tranquility of death. Remembering the warmth of the sun from the thick of the snow. Seeking sight through movement.
Winter Flare
A tribute to friends near and far. S8 - 50D, shot in March 2025, in NYC and Berlin
Agli Amici
Shining through a shroud of darkness.
Moonsong
a little vacation at the star park. thank you phili for pointing out key moments to film the light and animals.
summercycle iv
'Neko' means 'Cat' in Japanese. In Serbian, it means 'Someone'.
Neko
experimental short about late night restlessness
SLEEPWALKER
an ode to Rose Lowder.
Winter for Rose
In February of 2023, Nicholas came to Berlin, exhausted from not sleeping the night before and catching a flight at the crack of dawn. I asked him to sit down and be filmed for a part of a then-gestating idea for a new film. He was interviewed on camera for about 10 minutes, and then I stopped asking questions. He was so exhausted he started to fall asleep on camera. Nearly a year later, he recorded an improvised sound piece to soundtrack the images. Now the two are finally united, to share with the public for the first time. The vignetting (and the reason I was able to zoom smoothly and quickly) is from using a C-mount lens from my Bolex on a GH4.