Maksim Sitnikov was born in Minsk, Belarus. At age 8 he and his family
moved to New York City where he first got his digital video camera. 7
years later, Sitnikov is now working on commercials, music
videos and short films. One of his latest works became a huge hit on
Youtube, gathering over 1.4 million hits. He directs, edit and DPs his
own films. He is very technical and precise when it comes to
entertaining audiences. And he is only 21 years young.
Did not have permission to shoot the subway scenes in his short film "Truth Be Told." The cast and crew had to improvise during the freezing cold in downtown Brooklyn.