Maxime Bruneel is a French commercial director, illustrator, and animator known for hybrid films that fuse live action with animation, collage, and stop-motion. He is currently rostered at 1stAveMachine in the US and Eddy (Chez Eddy) in France, after earlier UK representation at Fieldtrip (from 2015) and animation work through Not to Scale. Commercial credits include Adidas Originals with Kate Moss and Adidas NMD; Magnum’s 2022 Classics Remixed starring Kylie Minogue and Peggy Gou; a WhatsApp global phone-tag film following the sun from Indonesia to America (1stAveMachine, with Moonlighting and Jogger Studios VFX); Back Market’s “Brings Tech to the People” series; Vodafone for Filmmaster/JWT with Ghali; Macy’s 2019 Gen Z back-to-school spot; and Nespresso’s high-frame-rate coloured-liquid film A Drop of Emotion. Further brand work spans ENGIE (TBWA Belgium), Facebook, GMF, Thinkbox’s Red Devil revival, and Killer. Trade profiles emphasize design-forward craft that seamlessly blends live action and animation into a contemporary, visually striking universe, with fashion-lifestyle and tech storytelling, music-driven celebrity moments, and selective liquid/tabletop craft. No director-specific Cannes, Clio, D&AD, or Super Bowl awards are evidenced in available sources.