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