See my reel at https://vimeo.com/269659801. This will intro you to me and my craft.
Maxwell Highsmith is an actor, writer, and stage director whose storytelling emerges from a life lived at the crossroads of responsibility and imagination. Before fully committing to the arts, he served as a military intelligence analyst and worked as a technician on nuclear ballistic missile systems—experiences that continue to inform the emotional weight and moral urgency of his work.
Grounded in discipline yet guided by poetry, Highsmith draws inspiration from Robert Frost and Marianne Williamson, crafting stories that explore courage, identity, and the cost of choice. With nearly 17 years of creative experience across stage and screen, he now focuses on screenwriting as a way to translate lived experience into cinematic narrative. He approaches storytelling with the belief that creative success can—and should—serve something larger than itself.
#MaxwellHighsmith_Actor
#CreativesLife4Me
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Boogerface
    Screenplay, Television Script
    Sacrament VOL 1 (Treatment)
    Treatment
    Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
    Screenplay, Short Script
    SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
    Student, Screenplay
    SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
    Screenplay
Best Feature Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Liberty Film Awards
Online
20222
Honorable Mention - Best Original Script
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens, Greece
2026
Best Unproduced Treatment / Short Script
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Monk of Miami
Miami, Florida
2025
Best Unproduced Treatment / Short Script
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Star Hollywood Award
Los Angeles, California
2025
Best Unproduced Short Script
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Bangkok Movie Awards
Bangkok
2025
Finalist -Sell your Screenplay with us
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Berlin International Screenwriting Festival
Berlin, Germany
2025
Best Original Screenplay -Honorable Mention
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Imaginary Mind Film Contest
Online
2025
Best Unproduced Featured Script
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Star Hollywood Awards
Los Angeles, California
2025
Best Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Tamizhigam International Film Festival
Chennai Tami Nodu, India
2025
Best Original Screenwriting- Semi Finalist
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Florence Indie Film Festival
Online
2025
Best Screenwriting - Semi FInalist
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Sacramento Independent Film Festival
Sacramento, California
2025
Best Feature Script/ Screenplay - Award Winner
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Vision International Film Festival
Chennai, Tamilnadu
2025
Best Screenplay Feature - Official Selection
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Mojo International Film Awards
Los Angeles, California
2024
Best Original Screenplay -Official Selection
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Flight Deck Film Festival
New York City, NY
2024
Best Script Award - WInner
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Asian Talent International Film Festival
INDIA Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
2024
Best Unproduced Feature Script Semi-Finalist
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Hamburg Indie Film Festival
Online
2024
Best Unproduced Feature - Semi Finalist
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Atlanta Movie Awards
Online
2023
Feature Screenplay -Official Selection
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
The Macroproject Film Festival
New York City, New York
2023
Best Feature Script
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
MILKY WAY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS
Colorado
2023
Best Unproduced Feature Script
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Cinemount Film Awards
Pune, Maharashtra
2023
Best Unproduced Feature Script
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Waikiki Beach International Film Festival 16th Edition
Honululu, Hawaii
2023
Best Feature Script / Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Venus International Film Festivals
Venus International Film Festivals
2022
Honorable Mention
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
The Black Panther Internatiponal Short Film Festival
2022
Best Feature script/ screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Hodu International Fllm Festival
Pondicherry, Pondicherry
2022
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
ANGKOR WAT Independent Film Festival
2022
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT / SCREENPLAY
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Grass Roots International Film Fest
Puducherry, Puducherry
2022
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT / SCREENPLAY
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
KUWAIT INDIE FILM FEST
Kuwait
2022
Best Feature Script
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Gold Star Movie Awards
Newark, New Jersey
2022
Best Feature Script / Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Vision International Film Festival
Chennai, Tamilnadu
2022
Best Feature Script / screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
SYNDICATE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Unknown
2022
Best Feature Script / Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
WIDE ANGLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Chiang Mai
2022
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Silver Line International Film Festival
2022
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
International Motion Picture Festival of India
2022
Best Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Pinnacle FIlm Awards
2022
Selected for Film Festival
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Queensland Independent Film Festival
2022
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Golden Mount FIlm Festival
2022
Best Feature Script
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Red Dragon Creative Award
2022
Best Screenwriting
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival
2022
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Hodu International Film Festival
2022
Best Feature Script/ Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Male International Film Festival
2022
Best Unproduced Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Indie Cine Tube Awards
2022
Official Selection
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Hip Hop Film Festival
New York
2021
Best Television pilot Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVA
Taiwan
2021
Best Feature Script / Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
NEW FORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PUDUKKOTTAI, TAMILNADU
2021
Best Feature Script / Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
HAVELOCK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Island
2021
Award Winner - Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge
Unknown
2021
Best Feature Script/Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Golden Peacock International Film Festival
2021
Official Selection
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Arcadia Studio Screenwriting Contest
Rimini, Italy
2021
Finalist
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Not Your Grandma's Screenplay Competition
2021
Semi- Finalist
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
Madras Independent Film Festival
Chennai, India
2021
Official Selection
Boogerface
Hip Hop Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Best Screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Proving Grounds
Virgin Spring CInefest
2021
Official Selection
Sacrament Volume I (Proof-of-Life Film Short Script)
White Knights Screenwriting Competition
Russia
2020
Official Selection
Boogerface
All Genre Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles, CA.
2020
Best Feature Script / screenplay
SUN of a BITCH: Happy Born Day
MERIDIAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Male
1922
College
University of South Carolina -Columbia
Film and Media Arts
2025Present
High School
Hempstead High School
General Education
19791982
Nickname
Shakespeare, Bubble Head
Current City
West Columbia
Hometown
Hempstead, New York
Height
5' 9"
Gender
Male
Pronouns
He/Him
Ethnicity
African-American
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
When asked to play a Black Cowboy in Dolly Parton's "Heartstrings", Maxwell jumped at the chance in order to relive his "Black Cowboy" days with The Wyatt Earp Gunfighters Group (WEGG, Inc.). This group performed Saloon bar fights, shootouts, and Wild West re-enactments in South Florida during the early 1990. #GoodTimes_RealGoodTimes
If a story is worth telling, it’s worth telling with responsibility.
See my reel at https://vimeo.com/269659801. This will intro you to me and my craft.
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