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Max Lugavere (born 1982 in New York City) is American television personality, filmmaker, gonzo journalist, musician, and founding producer/host for Current TV, the Emmy winning youth-oriented lifestyle cable network started by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, now the fastest growing network in TV history. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
Lugavere earned a degree in film and psychology from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He, along with Jason Silva, produced and starred in a video documentary/performance piece entitled "Textures of Selfhood"—an experimental film about hedonism and spirituality. "The Party-Philosophers" and "Intellectual Hedonists", aptly named by Angeleno Magazine, borrowed the name for the film from the Hedonistic Imperative, a website promoting the end to human suffering by philosopher David Pearce.
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Current TV
"Max and Jason" have become a prolific hosting and producing duo on Current TV, with widely ranging stories- from illegal immigration and counterfeit IDs, to profiling a brave new singer songwriter right before signing a publishing deal, to a taped philosophical sit-down with director Darren Aronofsky. Their story on counterfeit IDs earned them a featured appearance and interview on Anderson Cooper 360. Their franchise, "Max and Jason Style" has become one of the hallmarks of their work on Current TV, denoting coverage of an issue in a voice that is distinctly unique- often juxtaposing telegenic images and a heightened filmmaking aesthetic with bold and intelligent content. The results are a compelling product, which as The Internet Examiner put it, is proof that "Current is getting it just right."
Pangea Day
Max Lugavere (along with best friend and Current TV co-host Jason Silva, Lisa Ling, and June Arunga) hosted the first annual Pangea Day on May 10, 2008, a live 4-hour program of film, music, and speakers broadcast worldwide to over 150 countries and with a projected audience of 500 million people. The goal of the event, created by filmmaker Jehane Noujaim and TED curator Chris Anderson, was to unite the people of the world through the power of film.
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They have been invited to guest host hit shows on E! and WE: Women's Entertainment, were featured in a full-page LA Times article about Current, and have co-hosted a panel on short-form film making at the 2006 South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
The press has dubbed Max and Jason "Gore's Boys" (944 Magazine, November 2007) and "the stars of Current TV" (Nylon Guys, Fall 2007).
They were invited to lead panel discussions on Citizen Journalism at The Paley Center for Media in both New York and Los Angeles.
The duo were featured in the Fall 2008 Gap "Icons" campaign worldwide.
Max is a singer-songwriter and performs regularly at The Hotel Cafe and other venues in the Los Angeles area. He self-financed his debut EP entitled "One Year Later," a collection of songs both acoustic and full-band that have received critical acclaim. Produced by Aaron Tap, mixed by Tony Lash, and featuring guest vocals from Columbia recording artist Angel Taylor, it was released digitally in the US on June 8th, 2010 via Daylighter Records.
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Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- American film directors
- Current TV
- People from Manhattan
- University of Miami alumni
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