---
name: "Max Mayer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-mayer"
fi1m_id: "max-mayer"
imdb_id: "nm0562470"
tmdb_id: 100516
wikidata_id: "Q16732187"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:26:08.404883+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Max Mayer

## Identity

Max Mayer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-mayer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-mayer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0562470
- **TMDB ID:** 100516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16732187
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mayer_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16732187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100516

Director. Born 1 January 1953 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, USA
- **Active:** 1999–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Jon Robin Baitz](https://film.one/person/jon-robin-baitz.md), [Ken Olin](https://film.one/person/ken-olin.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mayer_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16732187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562470/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100516

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Max Mayer is an American film and television director. He is a founding member of New York Stage and Film and holds an MFA from New York University.

Mayer directed episodes of the television series *The West Wing* (2005) and *Alias* (2004), as well as episodes of *Family Law*. He wrote and directed the feature film *Adam* (2009), which won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and directed *As Cool as I Am* (2013). Earlier credits include directing and writing *Better Living* (1998).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *As Cool as I Am* (2013), Director
- *Adam* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Vienna Crime Squad* (2005), series, as Mike Flegler, Tomas Kerenc
- *Alias* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Family Law* (1999), series, Director
- *Better Living* (1998), Writer, Director
- *Me and Veronica* (1993), Producer
- *Deception Road*, Director

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