Max Duncan is an award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer and journalist whose work has appeared on platforms including the BBC, PBS, The Guardian, The New York Times and Al Jazeera and screened at major international festivals. He worked for a decade in China, first for Reuters news agency in Beijing and then independently, and has reported widely across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Max has received recognition including a World Press Photo Award, been supported by organisations including Pulitzer, and is an alumnus of Yaddo and Logan Nonfiction programs. He has a particular interest in development and the human impact of urbanisation and industrialisation. His feature documentary, Made in Ethiopia, which follows the expansion of a massive Chinese industrial park in Ethiopia, has appeared at over 30 film festivals and was awarded the Special Jury Mention at Tribeca Festival 2024.