Max Barbakow

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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Max Barbakow

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.

Acting

Production

2024

Brothers

as Director

2020

Palm Springs

as Story

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Disaster Wedding

as Director

2017

Cuddle Buddy

as Director

2020

Palm Springs

as Director

2019

The Improv Guru

as Director

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2013

2013

2013

Mommy, I'm a Bastard!

as Director of Photography

2014

The Touch

as Director

2014

The Touch

as Writer

2014

Destiny

as Director

2014

Destiny

as Screenplay

2013

Merrimaker

as Director

2010

Collasuyo

as Director

2010

Collasuyo

as Writer

2010

Collasuyo

as Producer

2010

Collasuyo

as Director of Photography

2010

Collasuyo

as Editor

2011

Arcadia

as Director

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Collision Bend

as Director

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Collision Bend

as Director of Photography

2017

Mi Dulcinea

as Director

2017

Mi Dulcinea

as Writer

2017

Mi Dulcinea

as Director of Photography

2017

Mi Dulcinea

as Editor

2013

Byron's Theme

as Producer

2025

An Endless Wedding

as Original Film Writer

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Epiphany

as Director

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