Max Barbakow
Directing
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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On the crew 18
Palm Springs
2020
Brothers
2024
An Endless Wedding
2025
The Touch
2014
Mi Dulcinea
2017
Epiphany
Merrimaker
2013
Collision Bend
Soapbox
Arcadia
2011
Collasuyo
2010
Disaster Wedding
Byron's Theme
2013
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke
2016
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
2013
Destiny
2014
Cuddle Buddy
2017
The Improv Guru
2019