Director

Max Barbakow

Directing

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TMDB popularity

0.9

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1704882

IMDb ID: nm3817317

Known for: Directing

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2010 - 2025

Years active: 16

Average TMDB rating: 6.05

Wikidata: Q77041021

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Director (7)Director of Photography (1)Writer (2)Editor (1)Original Film Writer (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)

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Biography

Max Barbakow is a director and writer in Los Angeles, CA. Max earned his MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory, trained with Werner Herzog at Escuela Internacional de CineTV in Cuba, and is a graduate of Yale University. Palm Springs, his narrative feature debut, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by NEON and Hulu. He also wrote and directed Mommy, I'm a Bastard! (2013), an autobiographical feature documentary about his adoption.