Max Barbakow
Known for
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.
Best known work
Palm Springs
2020
Brothers
2024
An Endless Wedding
2025
Cuddle Buddy
2017
The Improv Guru
2019
First Wave
Disaster Wedding
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke
2016
Destiny
2014
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!
2013Filmography
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Disaster WeddingDirector
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Collision BendDirector of Photography, Writer, Director
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EpiphanyDirector
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SoapboxWriter, Producer
2025
An Endless WeddingOriginal Film Writer
2024
BrothersDirector
2020
Palm SpringsStory, Director
2019
The Improv GuruDirector
2017
Mi DulcineaDirector of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer
2017
Cuddle BuddyDirector
2016
The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. DukeDirector, Writer
2014
The TouchWriter, Director
2014
DestinyScreenplay, Director
2013
MerrimakerDirector
2013
Byron's ThemeProducer
2013
Mommy, I'm a Bastard!Writer, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
2011
ArcadiaDirector
2010
CollasuyoDirector of Photography, Editor, Director, Producer, Writer