Acting credits
1
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Max Barbakow
Directing
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1.0
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Movies: 16Series: 0Crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 1704882
IMDb ID: nm3817317
Known for: Directing
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2010 - 2025
Years active: 16
Average TMDB rating: 6.04
Wikidata: Q77041021
Other jobs
Director (7)Writer (2)Director of Photography (1)Editor (1)Original Film Writer (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)
Biography
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.
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Movie credits linked with Max Barbakow.
4.9
An Endless Wedding
Original Film Writer
2025 Movie
5.9
Brothers
Director
2024 Movie
7.3
Palm Springs
Story
2020 Movie
4.0
The Improv Guru
Director
2019 Movie
Mi Dulcinea
Director
2017 Movie
5.8
Cuddle Buddy
Director
2017 Movie
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke
Director
2016 Movie
The Touch
Writer
2014 Movie
Destiny
Screenplay
2014 Movie
Merrimaker
Director
2013 Movie
Byron's Theme
Producer
2013 Movie
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
Editor
2013 Movie
Arcadia
Director
2011 Movie
Collasuyo
Writer
2010 Movie
First Wave
Movie
Collision Bend
Director of Photography
Movie