Maren Ade (; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the

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. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she runs the production company Komplizen Film.

Early life and education

Ade was born in

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, West Germany. As a teenager, she directed her first short films. In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich,

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(May 22, 2016)
The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann' Savors Her Moment at Cannes
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''. which she successfully completed in 2004.

Career

In 2001, Ade co-founded the film production company Komplizen Film together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF. It was with Komplizen Film that she produced her final student film '' The Forest for the Trees'' at HFF in 2003. Among other honors, the film received the Special Jury Award at the

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in 2005. ''The Forest for the Trees'' was screened at a large number of international festivals. In 2009, her second film '' Everyone Else'' celebrated its world premiere in the Official Competition section of the

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, where it received the Silver Bear for Best Film (Jury Grand Prix) and the Best Actress Silver Bear for

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. '' Everyone Else'' was released in theatres in over 18 countries. In 2012, Ade announced she would be writing and directing a film called ''

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'' about a man who begins to play pranks on his adult daughter after he finds she has become too serious. The film debuted In Competition at the

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, the first German film to debut there in 10 years. The film won the top prize at the

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(Best European Film), thus making Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won the top prize at those awards.

Personal life

Ade lives with director and their two children in Berlin.

Awards and nominations

* 2005: Special Jury Award,

for ''The Forest for the Trees'' * 2005: Best Feature Film - Grand Prize, IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival for ''The Forest for the Trees'' * 2005: Best Film, nomination for the German Film Award for ''The Forest for the Trees'' * 2005: Best Feature Film, Cine Jove Valencia Film Festival for ''The Forest for the Trees'' * 2005: Best Actress: Eva Löbau, Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival for ''The Forest for the Trees'' * 2009: Silver Bear – Jury Grand Prix, Berlinale, for '' Everyone Else'' * 2009: Silver Bear– Best Actress for

, Berlinale, for '' Everyone Else'' * 2010: Nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Female Lead for

, German Film Award for '' Everyone Else'' * 2010: Best Direction and FIPRESCI Critics' Award, Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema for '' Everyone Else'' * 2010: Main Prize, International Women's Film Festival Dortmund for '' Everyone Else'' * 2010: Best Actor for

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, Love Is Folly International Film Festival for '' Everyone Else'' * 2010: Best Actress for

, Ourense Film Festival for '' Everyone Else'' * 2014: Berlin Art Prize in the category Film and Media Art * 2015: DEFA Foundation Award for Outstanding Performance in German Film for Komplizen Film * 2016: Academy Award nomination,

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, for "Toni Erdmann"

Filmography

;As director and screenwriter * 2000 ''Level 9'', short film (script and direction) * 2001 ''Vegas'', short film (script and direction) * 2003 '' The Forest for the Trees'', feature film (script and direction) * 2009 '' Everyone Else'', feature film (script and direction) * 2016 ''

'', feature film (script and direction) ;As producer * 2002 ''Karma Cowboy'', feature film by Sonja Heiss and Vanessa van Houten, producer * 2006 ', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer * 2011 ''

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'', feature film by , producer * 2012 ''Tabu'', feature film by Miguel Gomes, co-producer * 2012 ''The Dead and the Living'', feature film by Barbara Albert, co-producer * 2013 ''Tanta Agua'', feature film by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, co-producer * 2013 ''Redemption'', short film by Miguel Gomes, co-producer * 2014 ''Superegos'', feature film by

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, producer * 2014 ''Love Island'', feature film by Jasmila Zbanic, co-producer * 2015 ''

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'', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer * 2015 ''

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'', feature film by Miguel Gomes, co-producer * 2017 ''

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'', feature film by

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, producer * 2020 ''

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'', feature film by

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, producer * 2021 '' Spencer'', feature film by

Pablo Larraín Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed nine feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films ''No (2012 film), No'' (2012), ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' ...

, producer

References

External links

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50 Best FIlmmakers Under 50

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