Max Ortiz

Acting · Directing

Born January 11, 2005, Ohio

Max Ortiz is a film student at Columbia College Chicago and the co-founder of Birds Today Films. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films and two features, including Can't Kill A Cowboy. He also co-created a four part web series with Eli Crowther, The Book, and they're re-teaming to develop The Jeremy Proximity Dilemma.

Filmography

• 2026Screwy People — Tim, Director, Producer, Editor, Story
• 2026Screwy People or: The Pickleball Ordeal — Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
• 2026The Book — Max, Director
• 2025Can't Kill A Cowboy — Cameraman, Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
• 2025Corduroy — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
• 2025Fingerbib — Tim Schwochow, Director, Story, Editor, Production Design, Cinematography, Producer
• 2025Rain Check — Himself, Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Producer
• 2025Straw Man — Max, Director, Story, Editor, Producer
• 2025Television — Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Producer
• 2025This Is Not — Director, Director of Photography, Story, Producer, Editor
• 2025Why Am I Here? — Michael, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
• 2025You Don't Understand — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Cinematography
• 2024Vignettes — Alex / Jimmy, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography