FILM DIRECTOR

Maren Ade

1976 - Today

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

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Maren Ade is the 1,636th most popular film director (down from 1,555th in 2024), the 5,752nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,604th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Maren Ade ranks 1,636 out of 2,041. Before her are Kazuya Tsurumaki, Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt, Radu Jude, Frank Perry, and Ivor Montagu. After her are Chris Weitz, Rodrigo Prieto, Terry Zwigoff, Nils Gaup, Aparna Sen, and Rich Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Maren Ade ranks 347. Before her are Guillaume Gille, Danilo Di Luca, Tarso Marques, Zé Elias, Juanfran, and Nikolay Baskov. After her are Adrian Grenier, Cat Deeley, Alicia Machado, Tatiana Gutsu, Peyton Manning, and Mito Isaka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maren Ade ranks 5,755 out of 7,253. Before her are Rolf Gölz (1962), Kurt Dossin (1913), Cédric Soares (1991), Sabine John (1957), Albert Arnheiter (1890), and Katja Seizinger (1972). After her are Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1969), Deniz Undav (1996), Ulrich Walter (1954), Alexander Goehr (1932), Harry Groener (1951), and Dieter Kühn (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Maren Ade ranks 80. Before her are Jörg Buttgereit (1963), Peter Schamoni (1934), Marcus Nispel (1963), Christoph Schlingensief (1960), Dominik Moll (1962), and Caroline Link (1964). After her are Hito Steyerl (1966), Rainer Simon (1941), Detlev Buck (1962), Oskar Roehler (1959), Florian Gallenberger (1972), and Sebastian Schipper (1968).

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