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