Maja Volk (Beograd, 1959) je srpska scenaristkinja, spisateljica, fado muzičarka, doktorka nauka i univerzitetska profesorka. Od 1981. do 1986. godine bila je zaposlena u Centar filmu kao filmski dramaturg, gdje je radila na oko stotinu projekata. Na Televiziji Beograd predstavljena je kao autorka originalnih serija u okviru školskog, obrazovnog i muzičkog programa. Igrani filmovi rađeni po njenom originalnom scenariju: Lager Niš, u režiji Miomira Stamenkovića; Čudna noć, u režiji Milana Jelića. Kao predavačica na Fakultetu dramskih umetnosti u Beogradu radila je na grupi za dramaturgiju, vodila master i doktorske studije na grupi za filmologiju. Predavala je na Akademiji umjetnosti u Banjaluci, gde je osnovala i povela prvu klasu dramaturgije. Predavala je na master studijama novosadske Akademije umetnosti, i bila osnivačica grupe za Menadžment kreativnih industrija pri Fakultetu za inženjerski menadžment u Beogradu. Objavila je 16 knjiga. Članica je Međunarodnog udruženja filmskih kritičara FIPRESCI. Bila je članica međunarodnih žirija na festivalima u: Valjadolidu, Troji, Turnhoutu, Sankt Peterburgu, Tromsu, Geteborgu, Taormini, Gihonu i Tuluzu. Govori engleski, francuski, španski, italijanski i portugalski jezik, a peva i na japanskom, kineskom, hebrejskom, jidišu, arapskom, katalonskom, gejliku.

Maja Volk (Belgrade, 1959) is a Serbian screenwriter, writer, fado musician, a PhD holder and university professor. From 1981 to 1986, she worked at “Centar film” as a film dramaturge, where she was part of around a hundred projects. She was introduced on Belgrade TV as the author of original series within the school, educational, and music programmes. Feature films based on her original script: Lager Nis, directed by Miomir Stamenkovic; Strange Night, directed by Milan Jelic. She has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the dramaturgy department, as well as leading both master’s and PhD film studies. She taught at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, where she founded and led the first dramaturgy class. She also taught at the master’s programme at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, and was the founder of Department of Creative Industries Management at the Faculty of Engineering Management in Belgrade. She has published 16 books. She is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI. She was a member of international juries at festivals in: Valladolid, Troia, Turnhout, St. Petersburg, Tromsø, Gothenburg, Taormina, Gijón and Toulouse. She speaks English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and sings in Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic, Catalan, Gaelic.