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.
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Known for
Filmography
- —Disaster WeddingDisaster WeddingFilm · Director
- —Collision BendFilm · Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- —EpiphanyEpiphanyFilm · Director
- —SoapboxSoapboxFilm · Writer, Producer
- 2025An Endless WeddingFilm · Original Film Writer★ 4.9
- 2024BrothersFilm · Director★ 5.9
- 2020Palm SpringsFilm · Story, Director★ 7.3
- 2019The Improv GuruFilm · Director
- 2017Mi DulcineaFilm · Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer
- 2017Cuddle BuddyFilm · Director
- 2016The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. DukeFilm · Director, Writer
- 2014The TouchFilm · Writer, Director
- 2014DestinyFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2013MerrimakerFilm · Director
- 2013Byron's ThemeFilm · Producer
- 2013Mommy, I'm a Bastard!Film · Writer, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2011ArcadiaFilm · Director
- 2010CollasuyoFilm · Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
