Max Hattler Archives - Directors Notes

How Max Hattler Transformed Hong Kong’s Vertical Skyline into Living Film Strips in ‘Serial Parallels’

Max Hattler provides some insight into his new film 'Serial Parallels' an experimental portrait of Hong Kong one of the most vertical cities in the world.

Animation, Art & Fashion, Music

Max Hattler & Lux Prima Join Forces for an Audiovisual Collision of Repetition & Distortion in ‘Divisional Articulations’

We speak to long-time DN Alum Max Hattler about the trajectory his prolific career to date & his latest audiovisual collaboration with composer Lux Prima.

Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

X (Festival Version)

Do you remember when Max Hattler demonstrated that he didn’t even need a screen on which to animate and that a man of his talents could do just fine by

Animation, Asides

Animatou Idents

Isn’t that just the way, you wait ages for a stop motion ident from Max Hattler then four excellent ones arrive at once for the Animatou animation

Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

Sync (A Re-Score)

University student Benedict Gordon explores the use of 'mechanisms' in music in his dissertation re-scoring of Max Hattler's 'Sync'.

Animation, Art & Fashion

Stop the Show – Frena el Espectaculo

Max Hattler’s Stop the Show – Frena el Espectaculo, created for Amnesty International in association with Contrapunto BBDO, uses kaleidoscopic

Animation, Art & Fashion

A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time

You know the year’s shaping up to be a good one when you get not one, but two new animations from Max Hattler. The verbosely named A Very Large Increase

Animation, Art & Fashion

Unclear Proof

Do you need more proof? Sensational crystal-clear footage of shape-shifting UFOs recorded under the influence in Farra di Soligo, Veneto, Italy! Max Hattler

Animation

Spin

Has it really been over 2½ years since Max Hattler first teased us with his toy soldier animation Spin? Well like an early choreographed Christmas present