Maia Horniak

Maia was born in Paris to Czechoslovakian artists who later migrated to Australia.
Maia has studied at the world’s most reputable film schools, FAMU in Prague and AFTRS in Sydney. She has worked on Universal and Miramax feature productions (such as Terry Gilliam's Brothers Grimm) in LA and Prague.

Maia has directed over ten short films, a TV series pilot and several TV commercials and music videos. Her short films have had international success, screening at over thirty esteemed international film festivals including Milan, Sydney, Bermuda, Brooklyn, Palm Springs, Brussels, Edmonton and recently her film ‘Loveproof’ was invited to screen at Cannes for 2007.

In 2006 she won the prestigious Outstanding Film Maker Award at HATCHFEST USA after being chosen as 1 of 10 groundbreaking young filmmakers from around the world.

Maia’s recent commercial work was also one of four finalists in the whole Asia Pacific region to be nominated for the 2007 Kodak New Director AWARD and in 2010 Maia was the winning director of the OPTUS MTV one80 project.