Hailing from the Bay Area, Maxfield Biggs is a filmmaker, animator, editor, and film festival judge. They're also the co-owner of the production house and artist collective, Stranded Astronaut, which centers climate storytelling and experimental filmmaking. They started their career in the indie film scene of Brooklyn, and produce video art, documentaries, shorts, narratives, travel series, and animations in Southern California.

Regardless of genre or audience, Max's work tends towards topics like the Anthropocene, ecological preservation and discovery, intersectional identities, and critiques of Western Industrialism.