Mark Maxey

Biography

Mark Maxey is an Emmy award-winning producer and president of Rolling Pictures – a motion picture company that finances and produces feature films and television. Productions include the political thriller WORDS OF WAR directed by James Strong and starring Jason Isaacs, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Miles, Maxine Peake; SPACE ODDITY directed by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Kevin Bacon, Alexandra Shipp, Kyle Allen and Carrie Preston; Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut AS THEY MADE US starring Dustin Hoffman, Candice Bergen, Dianna Agron, and Simon Helberg; RARE OBJECTS directed by and starring Katie Holmes with Alan Cumming, Julia Mayorga and Derek Luke; and the documentary film UP TO SNUFF which Maxey wrote, directed and produced, featuring Aaron Sorkin, Martin Sheen, Tom Arnold, and W.G. Snuffy Walden. Executive producer credits include THE KILL ROOM starring Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Maya Hawke, directed by Nicol Paone. Maxey serves on the national board of directors of the Producers Guild of America, co-chairs PGA Capital, and is a national member of the Television Academy. Maxey is co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Washington West Film Festival, the only film festival to donate 100% of box office proceeds to help at-risk youth and families in need. Maxey serves on the boards of Women in Film & Video, Artistic Fuel Foundation, and the Rock & Roll for Children Foundation benefiting families fighting pediatric cancer at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Maxey is a long-time supporter and volunteer for the United Services Organizations (USO) and Kids in the Spotlight which changes outcomes for at-risk foster youth in Los Angeles through innovative visual arts programs.