Max LL

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BIO

Max LL (Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis), is an award-winning composer and filmmaker who’s been crafting evocative musical works for picture for more than a decade. His music has been performed by Montreal’s Metropolitan Orchestra and is regularly featured in films, games and audio-visual projects around the globe.

Skillfully blending piano, guitars, lush string arrangements, ethnic instruments and found sounds he collects around the world, his compositions range from soft melody-driven underscores to rich and powerful cinematic orchestrations.

 
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More recently, Max has started producing and directing documentaries in order to bring to light important stories, realities and social issues, both at home and abroad. His first co-directed short film The Botanist has been screened at Hot Docs, TIFF Top Ten, AFI Docs and has won numerous awards including Best Short Film at RIDM (Montreal’s international Documentary Festival). Max's first co-directed feature film Far Beyond the Pasturelands has also garnered significant recognition, winning the New Vision Prize at RIDM, being screened at DOXA, and enjoying a theatrical release across Canada and in the UK.

 

SELECTED WORKS