Maren Ade

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor

December 12, 1976 (49 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Roads
    Roads2019
  • Nothing
    Nothing2022
  • So Much Water
    So Much Water2013

Known For

  • Toni Erdmann
    Toni Erdmann2016
  • A Fantastic Woman
    A Fantastic Woman2017
  • Spencer
    Spencer2021
  • Everyone Else
    Everyone Else2009
  • A Tale of Three Sisters
    A Tale of Three Sisters2019
  • Skylines
    Skylines1 season
  • The Forest for the Trees
    The Forest for the Trees2005
  • Tabu
    Tabu2012
  • Ahed's Knee
    Ahed's Knee2021
  • Synonyms
    Synonyms2019
  • Delicious
    Delicious2025
  • Exile
    Exile2020
  • Western
    Western2017
  • Roads
    Roads2019
  • Sleeping Sickness
    Sleeping Sickness2011
  • Maria
    Maria2024
  • Nothing
    Nothing2022
  • Gentle
    Gentle2022
  • A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
    A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love2022
  • So Much Water
    So Much Water2013

Filmography

2027
2026
2026
Home Stories · as Co-Producer
2026
2025
Yes · as Co-Producer
2025
Sentimental Value · as Co-Producer
2025
2024
2023
About Dry Grasses · as Co-Producer
2023
2022
2022
Corsage · as Co-Producer
2022
2022
Nothing · as Co-ProducerOn Plex
2022
Gentle · as Co-Producer
2021
2021
2021
The Story of My Wife · as Co-Producer
2021
Ahed's Knee · as Co-Producer
2021
The Girl and the Spider · as Co-Producer
2020
2019
A Febre · as Co-Producer
2019
2019
2019
The Whistlers · as Co-Producer
2019
A Tale of Three Sisters · as Co-Producer
2019
2019
Roads · as Co-ProducerOn Plex
2019
Synonyms · as Co-Producer
2018
In My Room · as Co-Producer
2018
2018
aKasha · as Co-Producer
2017
2017
A Fantastic Woman · as Co-Producer
2016
Scarred Hearts · as Co-Producer
2016
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
Love Island · as Co-Producer
2014
2013
Redemption · as Co-Producer
2013
So Much Water · as Co-ProducerOn Plex
2012
The Dead and the Living · as Co-Producer
2012
Tabu · as Co-Producer
2011
2009
2008
The Noise in My Head · as Co-Producer
2007

1995
Kulturzeit · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self

2013
Redemption · as Angela Merkel (voice)