Max Sommers
Max Sommers is a teen filmmaker from Saint Louis. He has one film made, a World War II documentary on the Battle of the Bulge, titled A Triumph of Valor(2006). The 80 minute movie shows the largest battle on the western front, by the soldiers perspective, a collection of stories from retired infantry soldiers. Real combat footage was used and edited into the film, which took four years to complete. A Triumph of Valor made its first appearance at the Tivoli theater during the Saint Louis Filmmaker Showcase in the Summer of 06, were he won Best Movie by a Young Director, and a New York Times Critics Pick. Max had other appearances in papers and even on talk radio.[http://www.kwmu.org/Programs/Cityscape/archivedetail.php?date='2006-07-21'] Now a high school student at Saint Louis University High, or SLUH, Max hopes to make a follow-up documentary.