Maren Ade

Who is Maren Ade?

Maren Ade is a German film director, screenwriter and producer.

Ade studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. Her graduation film, The Forest for the Trees, premiered at the 2003 Hof Film Festival, and went on to win the Special Jury Prize for World Cinema at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature, Everyone Else, debuted at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, where it was awarded the Jury Grand Prix and the Best Actress Silver Bear for Birgit Minichmayr.

Ade teaches screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She lives in Berlin.