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Episode 34: Max Tobin

Episode 34: Max Tobin

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Max is an award winning filmmaker and presenter from Birmingham. Max’s films have won Royal Television Society awards and have been screened at a number of film festivals. 


Max joined the BBC Studios Factual team as one of our Meta-funded Creators In Residence. His goal - to bring humour and sarcasm to factual documentary making. 




In this episode, Shukri and Max discuss - 


  • His creative inspirations and how they’ve changed in the 10 years he’s been filmmaking


  • How Max became an overnight TikTok sensation


  • What Max has learned about documentary-making from the Factual Science team at BBC Studios



Max’s clips -




  • Early - Max’s short film ‘everyone in this film is dying’


  • Most significant - Max’s short film ‘I Will Despise You’

  • Now - ‘What does dying really feel like?’ - the documentary written and directed by Max during his residency at BBC Studios.




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