Max Tsui
Max Tsui ( Chinese 徐耀宗 , Pinyin Xú Yàozōng , Jyutping Ceoi 1 Jiu 6 zung 1 , Cantonese Tsui Yiu-Chung ; born October 29, 1979 in Munich ) is a German advertising director and cameraman .
Life
Tsui studied design in the camera department at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences from 2004 to 2014 . One of his first camera works was the series Ninas Welt , the first mobisode and web series in Germany in 2006 . Shortly afterwards he was able to gain first successes at festivals with the short film Haltlos - No Second Opportunity (with Diane Willems and Marlon Kittel in the leading roles), which he had made under the direction of André Herrmann.
In 2015 he won several international advertising film awards with his diploma film Steampunk Coke , in which, in addition to the camera, he also directed and wrote the screenplay .
In collaboration with director Baris Aladag, Tsui realized several music video projects , such as those for Jean Michel Jarre and Philipp Dittberner , which were clicked millions of times on YouTube. Furthermore, at Aladag's request, he took over the artistic design of the “WDR Kurvenkänge”.
Working with director Shawn Bu , Tsui achieved one of his first viral successes with the Star Wars fan project Darth Maul: Apprentice . In addition to the artistic design of the large rotating blocks and studio days, Tsui also took on the organization and provision of the camera and lighting crew as well as the equipment. The film achieved several million clicks on YouTube and was awarded the Germany Web Video Prize in 2016 in the Best Video of The Year category.
In July 2016, filming began on the new funk series World of Wolfram , in which Tsui and Sebastian Fred Schirmer took over the camera for the entire first season. World of Wolfram has won several web film festivals internationally (including the Los Angeles Web Series Festival) and has been nominated many times.
Tsui made his first feature film in 2018 with Scorpion , an action thriller shot in Uzbekistan , Russia and Morocco . Directed by Muhlisa Azizova.
In 2018 he was a jury member at the 4th International ProLogue Film Festival in Uzbekistan .
As part of an artistic film project, Tsui took over the image design for North Rhine-Westphalia for the short film Re-Start in 2020 on the recommendation of director Florian Meimberg . Under stricter Corona security measures, Tsui also took over the artistic design of the 2020 summer block of the television series Die Pfefferkörner , directed by Daniel Drechsel-Grau, as DoP .
Max Tsui lives in Cologne , Germany.
Filmography directing (selection)
- 2007: Absolut Vodka - In an Absolute World (commercial)
- 2008: Nissan Micra - Tropic (commercial)
- 2011: Katharina Walter - the force of balance (advertising)
- 2012: Mazda 6 - Test Drive (commercial)
- 2014: Coca Cola - Steampunk Coke (commercial)
- 2014: FujiFilm - My Photo Diary (commercial)
- 2017: Sennheiser - The inner Voice (commercial)
Filmography camera (selection)
- 2006: Nina's world
- 2008: ZOU!
- 2008: Horrido - Once King (Documentary)
- 2010: Haltlos - No Second Opportunity (short film)
- 2011: SimplyLohn by SAGE - Bobsledder (advertising)
- 2012: Ford Ambassador (advertising)
- 2012: Mercedes-Benz - Weird and wonderful Vibes (corporate film)
- 2013: ProSiebenSat.1 - The German Television Award (Promo Trailer)
- 2013: PeTA - animals do not belong under the tree (advertisement)
- 2013: AuGaLa - Recently at work (advertising)
- 2014: Alaaf Yo u (documentary)
- 2014: Thieves of Sleep (medium-length film)
- 2014: Weisse Steine (feature film)
- 2015: WDR - Kurvenkänge (music video series)
- 2016: Markus Lüpertz paints the Ruhr area (documentary)
- 2016: Darth Maul: Apprentice (short film)
- 2016: World of Wolfram (web series)
- 2017: He belongs to me ... (short film)
- 2018: Scorpion (feature film)
- 2020: Re-Start (short film)
- 2020: The Peppercorns (TV series)
Awards
- 2015: ANDY Award for Steampunk Coke
- 2015: Young Director Award for Steampunk Coke
- 2015: Art Directors Club Germany in the field of ADC young talent competition for Steampunk Coke
- 2016: Web video award Germany 2016 in the category Best Video Of The Year for Darth Maul: Apprentice
- 2017: Nomination at LA Webfest 2017 in the category Outstanding Cinematography Comedy for World of Wolfram
- 2017: LA Webfest 2017 in the Outstanding Visual Effects Comedy category for World of Wolfram
- 2018: Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in the Best Director category for Sennheiser Audiophile Range
Web links
- Max Tsui in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Max Tsui at Crew United
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ mobile-aesthetic.de ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Location Erfurt , www.mdr.de ( Memento from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Steampunk Coke
- ^ Student work at the FH Dortmund: How the ice-cold Coca-Cola became a cult drink . In: HORIZONT . ( horizont.net [accessed December 4, 2017]).
- ↑ JeanMichelJarreVEVO: Jean-Michel Jarre, Little Boots - If ..! August 29, 2015, accessed December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ groenlandrecords: Philipp Dittberner - This is your life (Official Video). September 14, 2015, accessed December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Small film teams are Rock'n'Roll · Deutschlandfunk Nova . In: Deutschlandfunk Nova . ( deutschlandfunknova.de [accessed December 4, 2017]).
- ↑ Web Video Prize Winner 2016 - The winners of the evening . In: PlayNation.de . ( playnation.de [accessed December 4, 2017]).
- ↑ 2017 Award Winners . In: 2018 LAWEBFEST . May 2, 2017 ( lawebfest.com [accessed December 4, 2017]). 2017 Award Winners ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Feruz Muhammad: 10 most spectacular Uzbek films of 2019. In: https://www.togri.uz/en . Accessed July 14, 2019 .
- ↑ UzDaily.com: International Film Festival PROlogue starts in Uzsbekistan. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ PROLOGUE IFF: Winners of the two short fiction competitions . Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Re-start of the free creative people from film and advertising | MEEDIA. April 20, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Production under Corona conditions: With this poetic film, the free creatives from film and advertising defy the crisis. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ "Horrido - Be King once" . ( wr.de [accessed December 4, 2017]).
- ^ Uzbekistan National News Agency. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
- ↑ ADC winner gallery. Accessed December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards: Winners 2018. Accessed December 17, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsui, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |