Max Eigenmann is the daughter of the late great actor Mark Gil and former beauty queen turned actor Bing Pimentel. Working predominantly in television in her early career, in 2010 she starred in Romeo and Juliet for APSA Academy member Adolfo Alix Jr for which she was nominated for Breakthrough Performance by an Actress at the Philippines’ Golden Screen Award. In 2016, she starred in Ned’s Project and won Best Supporting Actress the Cinefilipino Film Festival, where the film won an additional five awards including Best Picture. She won further awards for Kulay lila ang gabi na binudburan pa ng mga bituin in 2017. Verdict premiered in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. In 2019, she received her first APSA nomination.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
