Max Hechtman opened up with Drive Music Media about how it all started, how he chooses actors for his films, the meaningful moments behind each story, and what new projects he’s working on now.

Published in Drive Music Media - July 8, 2025

Max Hechtman and Christonikos Tsalikis’ Abigail, written by Jason K. Allen, Max Hechtman, and Meryl Hechtman, is a view into the swirling, disorienting mass of grief that has woven itself into the life of an aged man without his wife.

Published in Indie Short Mag - March 17, 2025

East Meadow filmmaker Max Hechtman recently released a documentary he created during the COVID-19 pandemic about the creation of d’ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical.

Published in Long Island Herald - Dec. 15, 2020

East Meadow filmmaker Max Hechtman’s most recent short film, Abigail, was nominated for three awards at the 23rd annual Long Island International Film Expo.

Published in Long Island Herald - Sep. 22, 2020

A look through the lens of a young filmmaker.

Published in Your News Mag - July 2019

Here is the full list of your 2019 Winners!

Published in BroadwayWorld - July 23, 2019

Max Hechtman, 11th from right, screened his film Stories of Strength and Hope: Preventing Youth Suicide at the 22nd Long Island International Film Expo on July 13.

Published in Long Island Herald - July 18, 2019

With the 22nd annual Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) returning July 12 to 18, this year’s schedule includes some of the best short and feature-length independent films from around the world, which will be shown at the historic Bellmore Movies.

Published in Long Island Press - July 8, 2019

Changing the world through film.

Published in Hue Magazine (FIT) - July 31, 2019

Max Hechtman, 21, of East Meadow, has spent the past few months crafting a film that examines mental illness, youth suicide and how such topics are seen in the media today.

Published in Long Island Herald - July 26, 2018

On Friday, October 20, a Student in Film panel will be presented by the FIT Film and Media Department. The panel features three FIT student filmmakers, Cliff Benfield, Max Hechtman, and Victoria Rozler, all of whom have films in this year’s festival, and are nominated for the Petite Prix Award, for Best Short Film. The panel will discuss the challenges and advantages of studying filmmaking in the 21st century in New York City, and how the revolution of streaming and disruptive media shape the future of the industry.

Published in FIT Newsroom - October 16, 2017

Max Hechtman, Film and Media, screened his documentary FIT Hives: Sustainability—The Secret to Survival at the 2017 Gold Reel Student Film Festival on the University of North Carolina–Charlotte campus. His film, funded by an FIT Innovation Grant, documents the genesis of the project.

Published in FIT Newsroom - July 26, 2017

When East Meadow student filmmaker Max Hechtman received news that his film I Am Here would screen at the Long Island International Film Expo in Bellmore this year, he was at a loss for words.

Published in Long Island Herald - Aug. 9, 2017

While his personal YouTube channel comprises hundreds of videos of East Meadow events, Hechtman’s friends and family advised him to branch out in his videography, and create a short film to prepare him for the rigors of film school.

Published in Long Island Herald - Aug. 27, 2015

Ashley Halkitis has known Max Hechtman since the sixth grade, when they were just kids at Woodland Middle School. On Saturday, they couldn’t have looked more grown up as they were named homecoming queen and king at East Meadow High School.

Published in Newsday - November 2, 2014

Max Hechtman collected books and movies to donate to the East Meadow Library as part of his Bar Mitzvah project in 2010.

Published in East Meadow Patch - October 7, 2010