Maria Lax is a Finnish filmmaker and photographer currently splitting her time between United Kingdom and Finland. She studied cinematography at the London Film School, and has over three years of experience  beenworking in the camera department in a variety of productions ranging from tv-series to commercials and installation art. Projects she has worked on have picked up nominations for awards in festivals worldwide, and some have been on display in art museums such as Tate Britain and Turner Contemporary.

She is currently in pre-production for er experimental short film “Lights”, which she will be directing. Filming will begin in Northern Finland during fall 2015.