Maxim Pozdorovkin is an award-winning director and producer based in New York City. He is the director of seven feature-length documentaries and numerous short films. His most recent feature, The Truth About Killer Robots premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on HBO. Our New President premiered at Sundance 2018 where it won a Special Jury Award for Best Editing. Other films include: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Emmy winner), The Notorious Mr. Bout, Clinica de Migrantes(HBO). Maxim holds a PhD from Harvard University and was an artist fellow at Harvard's Society of Fellows.