Maximilian Heine is a Munich-based Director of Picture

Working across photography and film, equally drawn to the rawness of automotive work and the quiet intimacy of a wedding day. He studied graphic and media design in England – and came to photography and film the way most meaningful things begin, not through a plan, but through loss. The moments, the faces, the feeling of being together. That's still what the work is about. That foundation sets him apart. Most photographers learned to shoot. Maximilian learned to see first – composition, tension, what to leave out – and built everything around that. He works with people he connects with, on projects that mean something to both sides. The energy in the room matters more than the brief.