AMPAS ADDS WOMEN DIRECTORS: With our commitment to reviewing all new releases written and/or directed by women, FF2 Media now plays an important role in breaking down barriers. AMPAS invited 683 new members this year, 49 of whom are female directors. Who are they? What are their stories? We already know them, and we are here to tell you!
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Maren Ade is a German film director, screenwriter and producer teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She runs the film production company Komplizen Film, where she produced her student film, The Forest for the Trees at the University of Television and Film in Munich.
After The Forest for the Trees received the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005, Ade went on to to make her second award-winning film, Everyone Else. It received the Silver Bear for Best Film (Jury Grand Prix) at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2016, Ade wrote and directed Toni Erdmann, a German comedy-drama selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
To read more on Maren Ade:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maren_Ade
Top Photo: Peter Simonischek as “Winfried” and Sandra Hüller as “Ines” in Toni Erdmann.
Photo Credit: Dragan Adrian Hasu
