Maxime Alexandre

Born in Ronse, Belgium in 1971, Alexandre moved with his family to Rome when he was five. His stepfather, Inigo Lezzi (at the time assistant director for Marco Bellocchio, Gianni Amelio, and Nanni Moretti), guided him through discovering the Italian cinema greats. Alexandre soon worked as a young actor in several movies, including Une page d'amour, directed by Elie Chouraqui.

Alexandre discovered a passion for photography on the set of a short movie directed by his stepfather. In the late 1980s, his family moved to Paris. He began his career in the camera department working on commercials, learning from cinematographers like Darius Khondji, Jean-Yves Escoffier, Pierre Lhomme, Vilko Filac, Tonino Delli Colli, and Franco Di Giacomo.

His earliest work as a director of photography was shooting the second commercial unit for Michel Gondry.

In 2001, he met Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur when he shot the second unit for Aja's father, Alexandre Arcady, on Break of Dawn. The three of them later collaborated on Aja’s directorial debut, High Tension. The movie was internationally recognized as the beginning of the new wave of horror in French cinema and was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate.

In 2006, he was recognized by Variety as one of its Ten Cinematographers to Watch.

In 2008, he directed his first feature film, Holy Money. His second directorial feature, Christopher Roth, was selected for several festivals, including the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and the Rome Independent Film Festival.

He has been a member of the Italian Society of Cinematographers and American Society of Cinematographers since 2023.