Max Allman

About 2 years ago @xanderrobin approached me about doing some music for a documentary he was working on about python hunting in the Everglades 🐍 as everyone knows anything Florida is usually a no brainer for me and so I agreed and somewhere along the way I realized I would need some help so invited my genius friend @pablo.arrangoiz to help finish what would become the score for The Python Hunt. Excited to say that you can now see the film in select theatres starting today w a premiere at @angelikafilmny tonight May 8 and more dates to come. Edited by @mpallman Released via @oscopelabs

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2025…new unknown levels of love unlocked 🔓 Started with @bearquinn and I learning that our new bb boy was coming into our lives. Then projects finished, started, finished again, all with the best people. Ellis busting down the door and changing our world forever. Then a new life with our family and squad, growing in marriages, BBs, friends. A special year.

MARTY SUPREME is out on Christmas Day. An insane dream to get to work on this film with Josh, Ronnie, @lu__de__ba and many other genius, genius people. This movie is, in many respects, what the movies are all about. Go see it and dream big!!

So proud to announce our selection for the @filmindependent Amplifier Fellowship, with support from @netflix . After six years of pouring our hearts into this story, seeing it recognized feels surreal. Sending gratitude to @acclee @valeriecastillomartinez and @dancardone for believing. Can't wait to share this journey with you all. And congrats to my cohort @jamekaautry @chadcharlieee @dopevibrations @te_jarrett @nigletfilmmaker

🐍 Can’t wait for THE PYTHON HUNT to slither on out to Austin for SXSW 🐍 Still feels like a tiny miracle to make something surreal and bizarre and so special with your friends. The most love to my longtime brother, reptilian genius, and director @xanderrobin . And so much love to the many amazing folks who have made this possible, our producers @lanceopp @lacioffi @melopp @artistsequity @tobeformed Miracle worker cinematographers @m_ttclegg @davidbolendp @natehurtsellers @michael_faller @nicknoexit whose music is still blowing my mind Unit directors @harrisonfishman @harleigh.shaw @emerymatson My co-editor and general lifesaver @_byronleon And many, many more! 🐊 And of course, the good, great people of THE EVERGLADES 🐊

“Young man!” a voice shouted down the phone. “We’re all different! But we’re all the same. And we’re all God’s children.” Thus began my short, intense friendship with Frank Lucianna, 99-year-old attorney, as we followed him on his final criminal trial. In January 2022, over very mediocre sushi in Tribeca, @natehurtsellers convinced me that I could direct a film. Nate taught me that you either lock a lens case or leave the lid open. Those are in fact Nate’s two modes: locked in and grinding, or heart open wide to friendship. I also introduced him to his wife @mo_gonzalo while filming FRANK and @renfaireshow . I think we’re even. I have been lucky to collaborate with @porsche_9_11 for more than three years. She’s a story genius and source whisperer. She failed to convince me, however, that ketchup is a viable salad dressing. (See attached photo.) When I first started this project, I thought directors made documentaries. I soon decided it was DPs. And then, finally, sitting down in a sweltering home office, the lone mini fan pointed at @dustinwaldman , I realized the editors do the work. And work. And work. Dustin patiently explained what all the buttons do, tried to stop me from falling in love with temp music, and once, after an ill-advised lunch of Chongqing Spicy Chicken, let me remove my shirt and writhe on his couch while he kept cutting. Underneath the Film Buff is a humanist who gets the big things in life, and infuses his work with that love. More thanks to: Music @sister_act_2 @zaddyzoo Mix @summer_cauldron Steadi @best_franz_forever Color @mikeypackage AE @04minivan Add’l DP @emmettkp AC @jonathan.dasilva General idea man @mpallman Thanks also to @lanceopp , who taught me more than I’ll ever admit, and is criminally generous with his thick Rolodex. (Also introduced to wife. Also even.) For @newyorkermag , @paulmoakley is patient, funny, and has exquisite taste. I feel lucky to know him! Finally, thank you to Frank Lucianna for letting us into his world. He was a giant to his family, his clients, and his friends. Without hyperbole, he is the greatest American I have ever met. He is greatly missed.

Editor office hours return in a couple of weeks—December 4 at 1pm ET! Last time, @katebrokaw and I had a lot of fun talking to aspiring/emerging filmmakers (and even some surprise guests who were more seasoned). This time, @mpallman (Ren Faire, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy) and I will be taking questions/facilitating a free-flowing discussion for about 90 minutes. All are welcome, all film-related questions are fair game, and it won't be recorded. Register via Zoom at the link in bio.

REN FAIRE premieres tonight @ 9PM on @streamonmax This show broke my brain and every person I worked with on it put it back together. Eternal love to @lanceopp , our brilliant, brilliant director, and to @ghostboats , who lived in the trenches with me on this for a year and a half, imparting his magic all over it, teaching me so much, and keeping me sane and together. There are so many geniuses who helped create this - @natehurtsellers @porsche_9_11 @xtian_vazquez @aribalouzian @sister_act_2 @lukedyra @bernsteindocumentary @_ryanhope @angaelica @ryanmartinbrown @elarapictures Dave Herbert, Paul Hsu, Steve Bennett, Ronnie Bronstein, and of course, the kings, queens, wizards, fairy godmothers, jesters, knights, and all of the folks at @texrenfest Please watch! Come for the comedy, stay for the tragedy.

Lords and ladies, lads and lasses…REN FAIRE, the three-part documentary fantasia from @lanceopp and @elarapictures is world premiering at @sxsw before gallivanting onto @hbo and @streamonmax . It’s been one of the joys of my dang life to lose my mind on this with @lanceopp and @ghostboats , none of which would be possible without the genius of @porsche_9_11 @natehurtsellers @xtian_vazquez @sister_act_2 @aribalouzian , Dave Herbert, Ronnie Bronstein, and many, many more. Huzzah…

We said goodbye to Mamaw this weekend. Feeling so lucky for every story told, every plate of fried okra, and of course, every slice of her red velvet cake. We grew up in her kitchen…and will do what we can to carry the torch. Let me know if you need her scratch buttermilk biscuit recipe - it’s the best ya ever hung a lip over and I got it on video just in case.

Can’t begin to say how proud I am of @jmharper , whose film, AS WE SPEAK, will be premiering at @sudanceorg . Anyone who knows me knows how special our collaborations over the last seven years have been, and I feel so honored to be a part of bringing his debut to life. I don’t know many people as talented, generous, and thoughtful as him and I can’t wait for the world to see what he’s made. I want to especially shout out @kembaland , whose spirit is a guiding force, the fantastic editing work of @emmaohsnap and @gabbytesss , and the teams at @district33productions , @parkpictures and @strikeanywhere who are as supportive as anyone I've ever worked with it. @samwiddoes @sambisbee @petercambor @erikbkrva @thecodeword danimmassie @itslysette @logan_triplett @allisonandyou @sebstandard @williamryanfritchmusic @bhorace08 @ryanmolehorns @fedeedes @jackiebisbee @Lanceacord @chloeelizabethsabin @staurtlangfield @ayumiashleycolor @kate_ferragut @_MalikJohnson @mereexdior @mandyculk @melanylovephoto @parabolic_ny @raremedium.tv @postworksny