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'''Maren Ade''' ({{IPA-de|ˈmaːʁən ˈaːdə|lang}}; born 12 December 1976) is a [[Germany|German]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[film producer|producer]]. Ade lives in [[Berlin]], teaching screenwriting at the [[Film Academy Baden-Württemberg]] in [[Ludwigsburg]].
'''Maren Ade''' ({{IPA-de|ˈmaːʁən ˈʔaːdə|lang}}; 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. She is best known for her film [[Toni Erdmann]], which was nominated for an [[Academy Award]].
Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she also runs the film production company Komplizen Film.


== Early life and education==
== Early life and education==
Ade was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. As a teenager, Ade directed her first short films.<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/person/maren-ade_26f5be6d911a4ad491e4d0dd0f92b4fc|title=Maren Ade|author=|date=|work=filmportal.de|accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref>
Ade was born in [[Karlsruhe]], West Germany. As a teenager, she directed her first short films.<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/person/maren-ade_26f5be6d911a4ad491e4d0dd0f92b4fc|title=Maren Ade|work=filmportal.de|access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref>


In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the [[University of Television and Film Munich|University of Television and Film]] (HFF) in Munich,<ref name="nytimes1">[[Manohla Dargis]] (May 22, 2016), [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/movies/the-director-of-toni-erdmann-savors-her-moment-at-cannes.html The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann’ Savors Her Moment at Cannes] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> which she successfully completed in 2004.<ref name="filmportal"/>
In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the [[University of Television and Film Munich|University of Television and Film]] (HFF) in Munich,<ref name="nytimes1">[[Manohla Dargis]] (May 22, 2016), [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/movies/the-director-of-toni-erdmann-savors-her-moment-at-cannes.html The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann' Savors Her Moment at Cannes] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> which she successfully completed in 2004.<ref name="filmportal"/>


==Career==
==Career==
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In 2009, her second film ''[[Everyone Else]]'' celebrated its world premiere in the Official Competition section of the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], where it received the [[Jury Grand Prix|Silver Bear for Best Film (Jury Grand Prix)]] and the [[Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Silver Bear]] for [[Birgit Minichmayr]]. ''[[Everyone Else]]'' was released in theatres in over 18 countries.
In 2009, her second film ''[[Everyone Else]]'' celebrated its world premiere in the Official Competition section of the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], where it received the [[Jury Grand Prix|Silver Bear for Best Film (Jury Grand Prix)]] and the [[Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Silver Bear]] for [[Birgit Minichmayr]]. ''[[Everyone Else]]'' was released in theatres in over 18 countries.


In 2012, Ade announced she would be writing and directing a film called ''[[Toni Erdmann]]'' about a man who begins to play pranks on his adult daughter after he finds she has become too serious.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Nicholas|title=Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #9. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann|url=http://www.ioncinema.com/news/annual-top-films-lists/top-200-most-anticipated-films-for-2014-9-maren-ade-toni-erdmann|accessdate=22 January 2016}}</ref> The film debuted In Competition at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]], the first German film to debut there in 10 years.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Richford|first1=Rhonda|title='Money Monster,' 'The BFG,' 'The Nice Guys' Among Cannes 2016 Lineup|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-film-festival-2016-lineup-883478|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref> The film won the top prize at the [[European Film Awards]] (Best European Film), thus making Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won the top prize at those awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |url=http://deadline.com/2016/12/european-film-awards-winners-2016-full-list-1201868099/ |title=Toni Erdmann Sweeps European Film Awards – Full Winners List |publisher=Deadline |date=2016-12-10 |accessdate=2016-12-21}}</ref>
In 2012, Ade announced she would be writing and directing a film called ''[[Toni Erdmann]]'' about a man who begins to play pranks on his adult daughter after he finds she has become too serious.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Nicholas|title=Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #9. Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann|url=http://www.ioncinema.com/news/annual-top-films-lists/top-200-most-anticipated-films-for-2014-9-maren-ade-toni-erdmann|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> The film debuted In Competition at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]], the first German film to debut there in 10 years.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Richford|first1=Rhonda|title='Money Monster,' 'The BFG,' 'The Nice Guys' Among Cannes 2016 Lineup|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-film-festival-2016-lineup-883478|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref> The film won the top prize at the [[European Film Awards]] (Best European Film), thus making Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won the top prize at those awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/european-film-awards-winners-2016-full-list-1201868099/ |title=Toni Erdmann Sweeps European Film Awards – Full Winners List |publisher=Deadline |date=2016-12-10 |access-date=2016-12-21}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ade lives with director [[Ulrich Köhler (Director)|Ulrich Köhler]] and their two children in Berlin.<ref name="nytimes1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/flm/20835574.html|title=The Art of the Cringe Factor|publisher=}}</ref>
Ade lives with director {{Ill|Ulrich Köhler (director)|de|3=Ulrich Köhler (Regisseur)|lt=Ulrich Köhler}} and their two children in Berlin.<ref name="nytimes1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/flm/20835574.html|title=The Art of the Cringe Factor|website=@GI_weltweit|accessdate=1 December 2021}}</ref>

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Ade signed an open letter published in ''[[Libération]]'' demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]], and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 December 2023|title=Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat|url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/gaza-des-cineastes-du-monde-entier-demandent-un-cessez-le-feu-immediat-20231228_WMAUSVJVLFEBNK4ME4XU3ZRU3M/|newspaper=[[Libération]]|language=fr|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/claire-denis-ryusuke-hamaguchi-kiyoshi-kurosawa-christian-petzold-apichatpong-weerasethakul-more-sign-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/|title=Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza|last=Newman|first=Nick|date=29 December 2023|website=The Film Stage|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=31 December 2023|title=Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-780176|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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* 2009: Silver Bear– Best Actress for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], Berlinale, for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2009: Silver Bear– Best Actress for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], Berlinale, for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Female Lead for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], German Film Award for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Female Lead for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], German Film Award for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Direction and FIPRESCI Critics’ Award, Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Direction and FIPRESCI Critics' Award, Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Main Prize, International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Main Prize, International Women's Film Festival Dortmund for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Actor for [[Lars Eidinger]], Love Is Folly International Film Festival for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Actor for [[Lars Eidinger]], Love Is Folly International Film Festival for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Actress for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], Ourense Film Festival for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
* 2010: Best Actress for [[Birgit Minichmayr]], Ourense Film Festival for ''[[Everyone Else]]''
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;As producer
* 2002 ''Karma Cowboy'', feature film by Sonja Heiss and Vanessa van Houten, producer
* 2002 ''Karma Cowboy'', feature film by Sonja Heiss and Vanessa van Houten, producer
* 2006 ''Hotel Very Welcome'', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer
* 2006 ''{{ill|Hotel Very Welcome|de}}'', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer
* 2011 ''[[Sleeping Sickness (film)|Sleeping Sickness]]'', feature film by [[Ulrich Köhler (director)|Ulrich Köhler]], producer
* 2011 ''[[Sleeping Sickness (film)|Sleeping Sickness]]'', feature film by {{Ill|Ulrich Köhler (director)|de|3=Ulrich Köhler (Regisseur)|lt=Ulrich Köhler}}, producer
* 2012 [[Tabu (2012 film)|''Tabu'']], feature film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2012 [[Tabu (2012 film)|''Tabu'']], feature film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2012 ''The Dead and the Living'', feature film by Barbara Albert, co-producer
* 2012 ''The Dead and the Living'', feature film by Barbara Albert, co-producer
* 2013 ''Tanta Agua'', feature film by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, co-producer
* 2013 ''Tanta Agua'', feature film by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, co-producer
* 2013 ''Redemption'', short film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2013 ''Redemption'', short film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2014 ''Superegos'', feature film by [[Benjamin Heisenberg]], producer
* 2014 ''[[Superegos]]'', feature film by [[Benjamin Heisenberg]], producer
* 2014 ''Love Island'', feature film by Jasmila Zbanic, co-producer
* 2014 ''[[Love Island (2014 film)|Love Island]]'', feature film by [[Jasmila Žbanić]], co-producer
* 2015 ''[[Hedi Schneider Is Stuck]]'', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer
* 2015 ''[[Hedi Schneider Is Stuck]]'', feature film by Sonja Heiss, producer
* 2015 ''[[Arabian Nights (2015 film)|Arabian Nights]]'', feature film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2015 ''[[Arabian Nights (2015 film)|Arabian Nights]]'', feature film by [[Miguel Gomes (director)|Miguel Gomes]], co-producer
* 2017 ''[[Western (2017 film)|Western]]'', feature film by [[Valeska Grisebach]], producer
* 2020 ''[[The Story of My Wife (film)|The Story of My Wife]]'', feature film by [[Ildikó Enyedi]], producer
* 2021 ''[[Spencer (film)|Spencer]]'', feature film by [[Pablo Larraín]], producer


==References==
==References==
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* The Berlin School: Films from the Berliner Schule, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013
* The Berlin School: Films from the Berliner Schule, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013
* {{cite journal|last1=Wagner|first1=Brigitta B.|title=New Paths for German Cinema|journal=Film Quarterly|date=2009|volume=62|issue=4|pages=69–71|jstor=10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69|doi=10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Wagner|first1=Brigitta B.|title=New Paths for German Cinema|journal=Film Quarterly|date=2009|volume=62|issue=4|pages=69–71|jstor=10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69|doi=10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69}}
* {{cite book|last1=Abel|first1=Marco|title=The Counter-cinema of the Berlin School|date=2013|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9781571134387|pages=249–273|chapter=Maren Ade: Filming between Sincerity and Irony}}
* {{cite book|last1=Abel|first1=Marco|title=The Counter-cinema of the Berlin School|date=2013|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-57113-438-7|pages=249–273|chapter=Maren Ade: Filming between Sincerity and Irony}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0011752|name=Maren Ade}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0011752|name=Maren Ade}}
* [http://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-magazine/maren-ade/ 50 Best FIlmmakers Under 50]
* [http://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-magazine/maren-ade/ 50 Best Filmmakers Under 50]
* [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/liebesdrama-alle-anderen-was-ich-dir-noch-sagen-wollte-a-630662.html Was ich dir noch sagen wollte]
* [http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/liebesdrama-alle-anderen-was-ich-dir-noch-sagen-wollte-a-630662.html Was ich dir noch sagen wollte]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/movies/09everyone.html?_r=0 Perfectly Happy, Until They Venture Into the Outside World]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/movies/09everyone.html?_r=0 Perfectly Happy, Until They Venture Into the Outside World]


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Maren Ade
Ade in 2016
Born (1976-12-12) 12 December 1976 (age 47)
Karlsruhe, West Germany
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active2000–present
SpouseUlrich Köhler [de]
Children2

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. She is best known for her film Toni Erdmann, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Early life and education

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Ade was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. As a teenager, she directed her first short films.[1]

In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich,[2] which she successfully completed in 2004.[1]

Career

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In 2001, Ade co-founded the film production company Komplizen Film together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF.[2] It was with Komplizen Film that she produced her final student film The Forest for the Trees at HFF in 2003. Among other honors, the film received the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. The Forest for the Trees was screened at a large number of international festivals.

In 2009, her second film Everyone Else celebrated its world premiere in the Official Competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the Silver Bear for Best Film (Jury Grand Prix) and the Best Actress Silver Bear for Birgit Minichmayr. Everyone Else was released in theatres in over 18 countries.

In 2012, Ade announced she would be writing and directing a film called Toni Erdmann about a man who begins to play pranks on his adult daughter after he finds she has become too serious.[3] The film debuted In Competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the first German film to debut there in 10 years.[4] The film won the top prize at the European Film Awards (Best European Film), thus making Ade the first woman to direct a movie that won the top prize at those awards.[5]

Personal life

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Ade lives with director Ulrich Köhler [de] and their two children in Berlin.[2][6]

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Ade signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[7][8][9]

Awards and nominations

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  • 2005: Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival for The Forest for the Trees
  • 2005: Best Feature Film - Grand Prize, IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival for The Forest for the Trees
  • 2005: Best Film, nomination for the German Film Award for The Forest for the Trees
  • 2005: Best Feature Film, Cine Jove Valencia Film Festival for The Forest for the Trees
  • 2005: Best Actress: Eva Löbau, Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival for The Forest for the Trees
  • 2009: Silver Bear – Jury Grand Prix, Berlinale, for Everyone Else
  • 2009: Silver Bear– Best Actress for Birgit Minichmayr, Berlinale, for Everyone Else
  • 2010: Nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Female Lead for Birgit Minichmayr, German Film Award for Everyone Else
  • 2010: Best Direction and FIPRESCI Critics' Award, Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema for Everyone Else
  • 2010: Main Prize, International Women's Film Festival Dortmund for Everyone Else
  • 2010: Best Actor for Lars Eidinger, Love Is Folly International Film Festival for Everyone Else
  • 2010: Best Actress for Birgit Minichmayr, Ourense Film Festival for Everyone Else
  • 2014: Berlin Art Prize in the category Film and Media Art
  • 2015: DEFA Foundation Award for Outstanding Performance in German Film for Komplizen Film
  • 2016: Academy Award nomination, Best Foreign Film, for "Toni Erdmann"

Filmography

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As director and screenwriter
  • 2000 Level 9, short film (script and direction)
  • 2001 Vegas, short film (script and direction)
  • 2003 The Forest for the Trees, feature film (script and direction)
  • 2009 Everyone Else, feature film (script and direction)
  • 2016 Toni Erdmann, feature film (script and direction)
As producer

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maren Ade". filmportal.de. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Manohla Dargis (May 22, 2016), The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann' Savors Her Moment at Cannes New York Times.
  3. ^ Bell, Nicholas. "Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #9. Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ Richford, Rhonda. "'Money Monster,' 'The BFG,' 'The Nice Guys' Among Cannes 2016 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (10 December 2016). "Toni Erdmann Sweeps European Film Awards – Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  6. ^ "The Art of the Cringe Factor". @GI_weltweit. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  8. ^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

Further reading

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  • Take 100, The Future of Film: 100 New Directors, Phaidon Verlag, 2010
  • The Berlin School: Films from the Berliner Schule, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013
  • Wagner, Brigitta B. (2009). "New Paths for German Cinema". Film Quarterly. 62 (4): 69–71. doi:10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69. JSTOR 10.1525/fq.2009.62.4.69.
  • Abel, Marco (2013). "Maren Ade: Filming between Sincerity and Irony". The Counter-cinema of the Berlin School. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 249–273. ISBN 978-1-57113-438-7.
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