[3][4][5][6] Maxwell began working in commercial film industry on the 1984 feature Other Halves.
During the 1980s, Maxwell had the opportunity to assist Peter Wells and Stewart Main in their editing suite.
In 1988, with funding from TVNZ, Maxwell directed Beyond Gravity, a love story between two men, an astronomy-obsessed Kiwi and a part Italian.
[7] Maxwell was one of the directors on the Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys television series.
In 2007 he created the TV series Rude Awakenings, directing many of its episodes.