Max Avery Lichtenstein
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Max Avery Lichtenstein is a film composer whose melodic sensibilities, understated arrangements, and creative recording techniques infuse a special character into the movies his music accompanies. Max has written scores and songs for critically-acclaimed narrative features such as James Marsh's The King, Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, and the film adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella Jesus' Son.
His scores can be heard in renowned documentaries including the Academy Award-nominated Mondays at Racine, the Emmy-winning Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists, and Jonathan Caouette's groundbreaking autobiography Tarnation. In 2022 Max received a "Best Score" nomination from the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for his work on The Janes.
In addition to composing for film, Max records and performs under the name Camphor.
His scores can be heard in renowned documentaries including the Academy Award-nominated Mondays at Racine, the Emmy-winning Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists, and Jonathan Caouette's groundbreaking autobiography Tarnation. In 2022 Max received a "Best Score" nomination from the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for his work on The Janes.
In addition to composing for film, Max records and performs under the name Camphor.
