Person
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.
Known for
Palm Springs
Story
Brothers
Director
An Endless Wedding
Original Film Writer
Soapbox
Writer
Epiphany
Director
Byron's Theme
Producer
Mi Dulcinea
Director
The Touch
Writer
Disaster Wedding
Director
Collision Bend
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2025An Endless WeddingOriginal Film Writer
- 2024BrothersDirector
- 2020Palm SpringsStory
- 2019The Improv GuruDirector
- 2017Mi DulcineaDirector
- 2017Cuddle BuddyDirector
- 2016The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. DukeDirector
- 2014The TouchWriter
- 2014DestinyScreenplay
- 2013MerrimakerDirector
- 2013Byron's ThemeProducer
- 2013Mommy, I'm a Bastard!Editor
- 2011ArcadiaDirector
- 2010CollasuyoWriter
- —First Wave
- —Disaster WeddingDirector
- —Collision BendDirector of Photography
- —EpiphanyDirector
- —SoapboxWriter
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