Born in New York City; educated at NYU (1969: B.S.), the Polytechnic of Central London (England, 1980: B.A. Architecture) and the Royal College of Art (1982: M.A.). Production designer who entered British film in the art department in the mid-1980s, first as an assistant to Stuart Craig on GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES and CAL (both 1984), then assisting Ashetton Gorton on REVOLUTION (1985). After working as a production designer in commercials from 1985 to 1995 for many directors -- including Ridley Scott and David Fincher, with whom he would go on to collaborate on feature films -- Max's production design credits include SE7EN (1995), G.I. JANE (1997), GLADIATOR (2000), BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), PANIC ROOM (2002), KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005), AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007), and BODY OF LIES (2008).  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 2000: GLADIATOR - Art Direction  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 2007: AMERICAN GANGSTER - Art Direction 2 nominations