Maxwell Peters

Maxwell "Max" Peters was born in the Philippines on February 11th, 1990. He was adopted by American parents came to the United States in July of 1990. Growing up in Ridgefield, CT Max was exposed to the arts through acting very young age acting in numerous theater productions. Max's love for the arts lead him to attend Emerson College in Boston, MA where he obtained a Bachelors of Science in Marketing Communication with a specialization in Entertainment Marketing. While at Emerson he got his first taste of the entertainment industry from the other side as an intern in the casting and talent relations department for Nickelodeon, assisting the east coast casting for the original series How To Rock as well as other live action and animated series. Upon graduation Maxwell moved out to Los Angeles to work for The Walt Disney Company in their casting and talent relations department as an assistant. While at the Disney Channel he oversaw the day-to-day management of Disney's large talent roster and casting for all of The Disney Channel and Disney XD's original movies and series. Max helped launch AwesomenessTV overseeing the the management of the Fashion and Beauty, Music, and Top Tier Talent Divisions, he later went on to produce and direct content and brand partnerships for Awesomeness, Seventeen Magazine and All Def Digital. Max also has gone on to produce and direct work for BeautyCon and PopSugar Max branched off to create his own production company, Ignited Entertainment with writing partner and friend Kaitlyn Gatto through which create Short Films (Lullaby), Feature Films, and Plays. Max also is a teacher who specializes in building Theatre Curriculum for middle schools and high schools and lives in Chicago.