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Max Walker-Silverman

Max Walker-Silverman

Director, writer, producer and editor · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Berlinale award nominee · Sundance award nominee · Independent Spirit Award nominee

He lives and works in rural Colorado where he grew up. A former community organiser and literary editor, he is an alumnus of the NYU graduate film program. His short films have won a Support the Shorts Award at SXSW and the KODAK Vision Award as well as multiple National Board of Review student grants. A Love Song is his debut feature film.

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Biography from TMDB.

From
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Works as
Director, writer, producer and editor
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 19% in 30 days

What are Max Walker-Silverman's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
49%
Ideas
24%
Society
20%
Survival
8%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
3
Contemplative
2
Melancholic
2
Bittersweet
2

How their films linger

Hopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Max Walker-Silverman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Max Walker-Silverman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hot Water(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Rebuilding(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A Love Song(2022)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Chuj Boys of Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Writer

  • Lefty/Righty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Passerby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Koreatown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Assistant Camera

Career shape

A full career of 7 titles from 2018 to 2026.

Biggest box office

A Love Song (2022)

$672K worldwide

Highest rated

Hot Water (2026)

Midcredits 77th

Most popular right now

Rebuilding (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 7: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting4 of 7: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing2 of 7: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 7: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another roleEditing1 of 7: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 7: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

7 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s3 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2022–2023.

  1. 2023
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  2. 2022
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Feature Film
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Feature Film
    • Sundance award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Max Walker-Silverman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 3 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · producer

Hot Water (2026)

58th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Hot Water (2026)

Midcredits 77th · 71% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Max Walker-Silverman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Max Walker-Silverman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alfonso Herrera Salcedo shares the most, 3.

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles