About
Margot Maxwell is a freelance director, editor and sound designer based in NYC.
She has worked in post-production, editing short documentaries with Academy Award winner Thomas Lennon and sound editing with the team at Gigantic Studios. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mason Gross School of the Arts in the Honors College at Rutgers University.
Her most recent film an anthology of love and, a film poem of loosely connected vignettes exploring crumbling relationships, won the New Lens Film Festival Faculty Jury Award. In her directing, she blends documentary, narrative and sensory forms of filmmaking. She continues to experiment with different forms of visual storytelling and finds inspiration across mediums of art.
In addition to film, she explores her interests in music performance, fiber arts, and baking. Between playing various flutes, reading collections of short stories and volunteering at a cat shelter, she never ceases to find creativity in everyday moments.
Email: margotemaxwell at gmail dot com
Resume
A highly organized and efficient editor with an apt understanding of storytelling across genres, looking to obtain an editing or sound design position in Media/Film.
Editor, Hands Like a Brick Wall First Flight Films (narrative short)
Editor, The Glorbis Dir. Johnny Berkowitz (comedy short)
Editor, NSF Documentary Film Laboratory (documentary short)
Story Editor, God & Science shorts Documentary Film Laboratory (animation short)
Sound Designer, Have You Seen Me Dir. Jackson Clark (narrative short)
Editor, Six Dollar Masochist Kyra Camille (music video)
Export Deliverables, Which Brings Me To You Decal Releasing (feature film trailer)
Editor
Media Archivist
Equipment Room Coordinator & Projectionist
Sound Engineering Intern
Mason Gross School of the Arts & Rutgers Honors College
Summa Cum Laude
Portfolio
Contact Me
margotemaxwell at gmail dot com