Max Barbakow

Max Barbakow

História

Max Barbakow is a director and writer in Los Angeles, CA. Max earned his MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory, trained with Werner Herzog at Escuela Internacional de CineTV in Cuba, and is a graduate of Yale University. Palm Springs, his narrative feature debut, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by NEON and Hulu. He also wrote and directed Mommy, I'm a Bastard! (2013), an autobiographical feature documentary about his adoption.

Perfil

Max Barbakow
Max Barbakow

Filmes

Palm Springs
Story
Nyles é um cara despreocupado que conhece Sarah num casamento em Palm Springs. Mas tudo se complica quando ambos ficaram presos em um loop temporal.
Palm Springs
Director
Nyles é um cara despreocupado que conhece Sarah num casamento em Palm Springs. Mas tudo se complica quando ambos ficaram presos em um loop temporal.
The Improv Guru
Director
A dark comedy about an arrogant improv teacher, and his deranged students, as they desperately climb over each other to reach for the bottom rung on the ladder to fame.
Mi Dulcinea
Editor
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Mi Dulcinea
Director of Photography
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Mi Dulcinea
Writer
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Mi Dulcinea
Director
Observe the tenets of Taekwondo. Respect instructors and seniors. Never misuse Taekwondo. Be a champion of freedom and justice. Help to build a more peaceful world.
Cuddle Buddy
Director
A depressed woman must come to terms with her own vulnerability when she hires an eager Professional Cuddler on Christmas Eve.
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke
Writer
Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke
Director
Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.
The Touch
Writer
St. Louis, 1984: A charismatic televangelist suffers a seizure during a faith-healing crusade, upsetting his veneer of invincibility.
The Touch
Director
St. Louis, 1984: A charismatic televangelist suffers a seizure during a faith-healing crusade, upsetting his veneer of invincibility.
Destiny
Screenplay
A young fighter meddles in a feud between "business associates," soon descending into a criminal underworld that's all too real.
Destiny
Director
A young fighter meddles in a feud between "business associates," soon descending into a criminal underworld that's all too real.
Merrimaker
Director
After the death of his overbearing mother, an awkward outcast searches for his father at a seedy juke joint.
Byron's Theme
Producer
Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps with his girlfriend's twin sister. He gets stranded in the desert. He faces his inner demons. He must decide who he is as a man.
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Editor
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Director of Photography
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Producer
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Writer
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Director
A young filmmaker considers his adoption and the three families linked by his birth.
Arcadia
Director
Children come together in a world falling apart.
Collasuyo
Editor
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Collasuyo
Director of Photography
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Collasuyo
Producer
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Collasuyo
Writer
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Collasuyo
Director
Equal parts documentary, road film, and ethnographic recording, Collasuyo makes most sense as a symphony of the nation of Bolivia.
Untitled Max Barbakow's Body Swap Comedy
Producer
Untitled Max Barbakow's Body Swap Comedy
Writer
Untitled Max Barbakow's Body Swap Comedy
Director
Disaster Wedding
Director
Set at a wedding that goes off the rails pretty fast.
Brothers
Director
First Wave
An urgent satire about the arrival of contemporary American refugees from Miami to Cuba.
Collision Bend
Director of Photography
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Collision Bend
Writer
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Collision Bend
Director
Collision Bend is a place — a massive curve of the Cuyahoga River in the heart of Cleveland that forces boats and barges into a blind turn. Like Cleveland itself, the Bend is a place where the possibility of sudden disaster is never far. Collision Bend is also home to Quicken Loans Arena, site of the 2016 Republican National Convention. It was here that 2,472 delegates gathered to elect Donald Trump their nominee for President. COLLISION BEND explores the tension between this event and its setting — the often-absurd politics of our time and the often-harsh reality of the lives most affected by them. It is an intimate portrait of a city and its people bearing witness to American history.
Good Bad & Undead
Director
Van Helsing, last in a long line of vampire hunters. He develops an uneasy partnership with a Vampire who has taken a vow never to kill again. Together they run a scam from town to town, where Van Helsing pretends to vanquish the Vampire for money. But when a massive bounty is put on the Vampire’s head, everything in this dangerous world full of monsters and magic is now after them.