CREATIVE WORK

Andrew Has 23 Minutes To Live

Created: Spring 2025

Runtime: 11 minutes

Genre: Drama/Comedy

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A young man discovers he only has 23 minutes left to live, and must work with his best friend to figure out how to use what little time he has left. 

Other Info: Won Best Narrative at Vel Phillips Memorial High School Student Film Festival, 2025

Making Something Rotten!

Created: Winter 2025

Runtime: 19 minutes

Genre: Mockumentary/Comedy

Written by:  Lars McKillop

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A mockumentary portraying a week in rehearsal for Vel Phillips Memorial High School's production of Something Rotten. Very little rehearsal occurs.

Secret

Created: Fall 2024

Runtime: 2 minutes

Genre: Experimental

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A man sits at a computer watching surveillance tapes. The feeling slowly arises that something is also watching him. 

Other Info: Was featured in the Young at Art exhibit at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Dim Deceptions

Created: Summer 2023

Runtime: 8 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Mystery

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A detective arrives back to his office to find a client, the spouse of a man whose murder he's been investigating, waiting for him. Only, nothing is as it seems.

Telephone

How To Get Over Your Breakup in Just 6 Easy Steps: A Tutorial by Abraham Kirkland

Created: Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

Runtime: 10 minutes

Genre: Horror/Comedy

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: Love Guru Abraham Kirkland guides you through his fool-proof program on coping with heartbreak and the painful, haunting void it leaves in your life. 

Other Info: Won Best Visual Achievement at Vel Phillips Memorial High School Student Film Festival, 2024

Interior Design

Created: Summer 2024

Runtime: 3 minutes

Genre: Comedy

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A teen attempts to redesign his room alone, but must first contend with a dresser that just won't seem to budge.

DOOMSCROLLING

Created: Summer 2024

Runtime: 3 minutes

Genre: Horror/Experimental

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: A teen doomscrolls late into the night, as the fears of the digital world slowly seep into reality.

The Leaf

Created: Fall 2023

Runtime: 4 minutes

Genre: Comedy

Written by: Max Knight

Directed by: Max Knight

Synopsis: After a random leaf is brought inside, two friends argue about what the leaf's presence does (or does not) mean. 

Shower Spider