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Maren Ade

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.

Thematic context drawn from Senses of Cinema. Read the full critical essay →

What I really like, for example, is the first part of Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage. The characters talk for 45 minutes straight and they are absolutely brilliant.

On Toni Erdmann  ·  Film Comment interview: Comedy and Crisis: Maren Ade on Toni Erdmann