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Maren Ade (German: [ˈmaːʁən ˈʔaːdə]; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she runs the production company Komplizen Film.
But her greatest success came in 2015 and 2016 with Toni Erdmann (2016), an offbeat comedy with a philosophical approach, which enthused the festival-goers at Cannes, allegedly making them "roar with laughter", and later making unexpected profit in art houses throughout the world.
- January 1, 1
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- Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Maren Ade. Producer: Toni Erdmann. Maren Ade was born in Karlsruhe on 12 December 1976 to a couple of teachers.She studied cinema at Munich's Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film. As of 2001 she co-founded, together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF, the "Komplizen" film company.
- December 12, 1976
Maren Ade, née le 12 décembre 1976 à Karlsruhe, est une réalisatrice, scénariste et productrice allemande. Avec Janine Jackowski et Jonas Dornbach, elle dirige la société de production Komplizen Film.
Jan 30, 2017 · The film’s protagonists are Chris (Lars Eidinger) and Gitti (Birgit Minichmayr), a young couple holidaying in Sardinia. We find them alone, in an anonymous, secluded idyll, and – given that we’re told nothing of their lives apart, or at home – Ade emphasises the couple’s shared shorthand and inside jokes.
Jan 27, 2017 · For a vast majority of viewers, the new and critically acclaimed comedy Toni Erdmann represents a breakthrough for its director, Maren Ade, a 41-year-old Berliner who isn’t quite a household name in Germany, much less North America.
Directing. Writing. Acting. 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.
