Maxim Pozdorovkin is an award-winning writer and director based in New York. Most recently, Maxim wrote and directed The Conspiracy, a 2023 animated feature for Story Syndicate (starring Liev Schreiber, Lake Bell, Ben Shenkman and Jason Alexander) that traces the connection between conspiracy theories and antisemitism and stars. Pozdorovkin’s The Truth About Killer Robots for HBOMax was hailed as “a terrifying work of science nonfiction,” premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and has won multiple awards at festivals around the world. Additionally, his film Our New President, made entirely of Russian propaganda covering the Trump presidency, premiered at Sundance 2018, where it won a Special Jury Award. Pozdorovkin’s other films include: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Emmy winner), The Notorious Mr. Bout (Sundance 2014), and Clinica de Migrantes (HBOMax). Maxim holds a PhD from Harvard University for a dissertation on early Soviet propaganda. He was an artist fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows and is a frequent commentator on media and Russian politics.
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