Max Färberböck (born 22 September 1950) is a German film director and writer. He was born in

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. He began his career at theaters in

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and in

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. He later studied at the University of Television and Film in

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and worked for

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and as an assistant for Peter Zadek at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in

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. After producing several plays at theaters in Hamburg,

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and

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, he began to write and direct episodes for the TV series '' Der Fahnder''. Later Färberböck produced several TV films, before making his first feature film, ''

Aimée & Jaguar ''Aimée & Jaguar'' is a 1999 German Drama (film and television), drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck and based on Erica Fischer's book chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felic ...

'' (1998). It was nominated for the

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for

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. The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear at

49th Berlin International Film Festival The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with ''Aimée & Jaguar'' by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The Thin Red Line'' directed by ...

. He directed ''

A Woman in Berlin ''A Woman in Berlin'' (german: Eine Frau in Berlin) is a memoir by German journalist Marta Hillers, originally released anonymously in 1954. The identity of Hillers as the author was not revealed until 2003, after her death. The memoir covers th ...

'' (2008), based on the memoir by the same name. A new edition had been published in Germany in 2003, two years after the author's death. This controversial work dealt with the experiences of women in Berlin in the last weeks of the

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and occupation by Soviet Union troops at the end of World War II. The author is reputed to be the late journalist,

Marta Hillers Marta Hillers (May 26, 1911 – June 16, 2001) was a German journalist, and the author of the memoir ''Eine Frau in Berlin'' ('' A Woman in Berlin''), published anonymously in 1959 and 2003 in German. It is the diary of a German woman from 20 April ...

, who died in 2001.

Selected filmography

* '' Der Fahnder'' (1990, TV series, 3 episodes) * ''Schlafende Hunde'' (1992, TV film) * ''Einer zahlt immer'' (1993, TV film) * '' Bella Block: Die Kommissarin'' (1994, TV series episode) * '' Bella Block: Liebestod'' (1995, TV series episode) * ''

Aimée und Jaguar Aimée, often unaccented as Aimee, is a feminine given name of French origin, translated as "beloved". The masculine form is Aimé. The English equivalent is Amy. It is also occasionally a surname. It may refer to: Given name Aimée * Aimée B ...

'' (1999) * ''Jenseits'' (2002, TV film) * '' September'' (2003) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Bella Block: Vorsehung'' (2009, TV series episode) * ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

: Am Ende des Flurs'' (2014, TV series episode) * ''

: Der Himmel ist ein Platz auf Erden'' (2015, TV series episode) * ''

: Mia san jetz da wo's weh tut'' (2016, TV series episode) * ''

: Ich töte niemand'' (2018, TV series episode) * ''

: Die Nacht gehört dir'' (2020, TV series episode)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farberbock, Max 1950 births Living people Mass media people from Bavaria