Career
At the age of seventeen, Mays co-directed and produced his own short film, aided by producer Todd Black, Gary Martin of Sony Pictures and others Sony Pictures, Kodak Films, Todd Black, John Singleton, and Denzel Washington, all have played an important role in Mr. Mays’ productions. His film entitled Trouble, aimed to shed light on the African American and Latin American (Black vs Brown) tension in South Central Los Los Angeles
The place where young Mays was reared.
The film is set to enter production in January 2011 according to Boombox.com. Mays starred in the 2013 picture Life of a King, co-starring alongside Cuba Gooding Junior.
The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and Mays was hailed by Variety Magazine as a natural and a highlight. Mays was cited in an August 9, 2013 interview of Cuba Gooding Junior. in the Huffington Post as part of the "next generation" of African-American actors.
Millennium Entertainment has acquired all United States. rights to the film and it is slated for an early 2014 release.
Mays starred as Gabe in the 2015 sports drama film Southpaw directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Kurt Sutter. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, and Rachel McAdams. The film was released on July 24, 2015, by The Weinstein Company.
Mays has been cast as a series regular in Forex’s drama pilot Snowfall, about the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 80’son
Company-written by John Singleton and Eric Amadio and directed by Singleton, Snowfall is set against the infancy of the epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know lieutenant Malcolm Mays started playing piano at age eleven and is the self-proclaimed writer of music heavily influenced by 90"s Rhythm & Blues and 18th century poetry.
Mays cites broad influences from music, art and film. Influences cited by Mays as inspirations include music from Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane to Rachmaninov and Beethoven, paintings of Caravaggio and Michelangelo, performers such as Sinatra, Prince, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, and the poetry of John Keats & James Baldwin.
Mays has also cited the voice of Nina Simone and the readings of Maya Angelou and acts such as The Yardbirds, Cream and Jimi Hendrix as major influences.
Mays linked up with producers like Skiii Team who is known to have worked with Hollywood Holt, Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids to produce the tracks for his initial release.
