Maren Ade

Born: 1976-12-12 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]

Known For: Directing

Biography

Maren Ade began studying at the HFF Munich in 1998 majoring in Production and Media Economics and then changed to the Film and Television Department in 2000 at the HFF Munich. In 2001 she founded the film production company Komplizen Film with Janine Jackowski and together they produced Maren Ade’s film The Forest for the Trees (2003). The film received several honours, including the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. During that same year it was nominated for the German Film Prize. Her second film Everyone Else (2009) was first shown in competition at the International Film Festival in Berlin in 2009 and received the Silver Bear as Best Film (the Grand Jury Award). Her third feature film Toni Erdmann (2016) had its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2016 and received the Fipresci Award. The film went on to play at many international festivals and won numerous awards. Maren Ade doesn’t only produce her own films, but also works as a producer for other films, like Tabu (2012) and Una Mujer Fantástica (2017).

Filmography

2026

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke ... (Producer)
The Dreamed Adventure ... (Producer)

2025

Sentimental Value ... (Co-Producer)
Yes ... (Co-Producer)
Delicious ... (Producer)

2024

Maria ... (Producer)

2023

About Dry Grasses ... (Co-Producer)
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before ... (Producer)

2022

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love ... (Producer)
Corsage ... (Co-Producer)
You Will Not Have My Hate ... (Producer)

2021

Spencer ... (Producer)
The Story of My Wife ... (Co-Producer)
The Girl and the Spider ... (Co-Producer)
Prince ... (Producer)
The Fever ... (Co-Producer)

2020

Exile ... (Producer)
Giraffe ... (Producer)

2019

The Whistlers ... (Co-Producer)
Synonyms ... (Co-Producer)
A Tale of Three Sisters ... (Co-Producer)
Roads ... (Co-Producer)
O Beautiful Night ... (Producer)

2018

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians ... (Co-Producer)
In My Room ... (Co-Producer)

2017

Western ... (Producer)
Scarred Hearts ... (Co-Producer)

2016

Toni Erdmann ... (Director)

2015

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One ... (Producer)
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One ... (Co-Producer)
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One ... (Producer)
Hedi Schneider Is Stuck ... (Producer)

2013

Redemption as Angela Merkel (voice)

2012

Tabu ... (Co-Producer)

2011

Sleeping Sickness ... (Producer)

2010

A Summer Without Gitti ... (Director)

2009

Everyone Else ... (Director)

2007

Hotel Very Welcome ... (Producer)

2004

The Forest for the Trees ... (Director)

2002

Karma Cowboy ... (Producer)

2001

Vegas ... (Director)

2000

Ebene 9 ... (Director)