I want to make things that make people make things.

My name is Maximus Barbare. I'm a creator, engineer, and a staunch advocate for critical thinking. In all my work, I strive to inspire or enable others to create to the best of their ability.

I'm writing and directing ETERNITY, an animated film about immortality, loss, and grief.

I enjoy administrating systems, as I do for my personal life, my animation studio, the registered student organization I run, and I help out the undergraduate law review club here at UCF. No, I don't hate AI as it's used agentically in coding. Sorry.