Maren Ade facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Maren Ade
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Ade in 2016
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| Born | 12 December 1976 Karlsruhe, West Germany
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| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ulrich Köhler |
| Children | 2 |
Maren Ade (born December 12, 1976) is a talented German film director, screenwriter, and producer. She lives in Berlin and also teaches screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Maren Ade, along with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, runs a film production company called Komplizen Film. She is most famous for her movie Toni Erdmann, which was even nominated for an Academy Award!
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Early Life and Learning
Maren Ade was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. When she was a teenager, she started making her very first short films.
In 1998, she began studying film production and how to manage media. Later, she studied film directing at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich. She finished her studies in 2004.
Her Film Career
In 2001, Maren Ade helped start the film production company Komplizen Film. She created it with Janine Jackowski, who was also a student at HFF. Through Komplizen Film, she made her final student movie, The Forest for the Trees, in 2003. This film won a special award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. The Forest for the Trees was shown at many film festivals around the world.
In 2009, her second film, Everyone Else, was shown for the first time at the Berlin International Film Festival. It won the Silver Bear for Best Film and the Best Actress Silver Bear for Birgit Minichmayr. Everyone Else was released in cinemas in over 18 countries.
In 2012, Maren Ade shared that she would be writing and directing a new film. It was called Toni Erdmann. The movie is about a father who starts playing jokes on his grown-up daughter because he thinks she has become too serious. This film was first shown at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first German film to be shown there in 10 years! Toni Erdmann won the top prize at the European Film Awards for Best European Film. This made Maren Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won this important award.
Personal Life
Maren Ade lives in Berlin with director Ulrich Köhler and their two children.
Awards and Recognitions
Maren Ade and her films have won many awards! Here are some of the most important ones:
- 2005: Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival for The Forest for the Trees.
- 2009: Silver Bear – Jury Grand Prix at the Berlinale for Everyone Else.
- 2010: Best Direction and FIPRESCI Critics' Award at the Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema for Everyone Else.
- 2016: Her film Toni Erdmann was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Filmography
Maren Ade has worked on many films as a director, screenwriter, and producer.
- As director and screenwriter
- 2000: Level 9, a short film.
- 2001: Vegas, another short film.
- 2003: The Forest for the Trees, a feature film.
- 2009: Everyone Else, a feature film.
- 2016: Toni Erdmann, a feature film.
- As producer
Maren Ade has also helped produce many other films, including:
- 2011: Sleeping Sickness by Ulrich Köhler.
- 2012: Tabu by Miguel Gomes.
- 2015: Arabian Nights by Miguel Gomes.
- 2021: Spencer by Pablo Larraín.
See also
In Spanish: Maren Ade para niños
