Maren Ade
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).
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Films (47)
The Girl with the Leica
2026 · Producer
Gentle Monster
2026 · Co-Producer
L’aventure rêvée
2026 · Producer
Oh, This Unspeakable Void
2026 · Producer
Oui
2025 · Co-Producer
Valeur sentimentale
2025 · Co-Producer
Exquis
2025 · Producer
María Callas
2024 · Producer
Les Herbes sèches
2023 · Co-Producer
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
2023 · Producer
You Will Not Have My Hate
2022 · Producer
La emperatriz rebelde
2022 · Co-Producer
AEIOU - Alphabet rapide de l'amour
2022 · Producer
Spencer
2021 · Producer
Prince
2021 · Producer
L'Histoire de ma femme
2021 · Co-Producer
La fièvre
2021 · Co-Producer
La Jeune Fille et l'Araignée
2021 · Co-Producer
Exile
2020 · Producer
Giraffe
2020 · Producer
Les Siffleurs
2019 · Co-Producer
Kiz Kardesler – L’histoire de trois sœurs
2019 · Co-Producer
Nuit magique
2019 · Producer
Roads
2019 · Co-Producer
Synonyms
2019 · Co-Producer
Peu m'importe si l'Histoire nous considère comme des barbares
2018 · Co-Producer
In My Room
2018 · Co-Producer
Western
2017 · Producer
Scarred Hearts
2016 · Co-Producer
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Les mille et une nuits : volume 3, l'enchanté
2015 · Producer
Les mille et une nuits : volume 2, le désolé
2015 · Producer
Les mille et une nuits : volume 1, l'inquiet
2015 · Co-Producer
Hedi Schneider est en panne
2015 · Producer
Redemption
2013 · Angela Merkel (voice), Co-Producer
Tabou
2012 · Co-Producer
La maladie du sommeil
2011 · Producer
A Summer Without Gitti
2010 · Director
Everyone else
2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
Hotel Very Welcome
2007 · Producer
The Forest for the Trees
2004 · Director, Writer
Karma Cowboy
2002 · Producer
Vegas
2001 · Writer, Director
Ebene 9
2000 · Director, Writer
Magic Word
· Director
Alma
· Co-Producer
Work and Structure
· Producer