Max Barbakow

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.

Cast

First Wave

Unknown

Crew

Brothers

Director

Palm Springs

Story, Director

Disaster Wedding

Director

The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke

Director, Writer

Cuddle Buddy

Director

The Improv Guru

Director

Good Bad & Undead

Director

Mommy, I'm a Bastard!

Editor, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography

The Touch

Writer, Director

Destiny

Screenplay, Director

Collasuyo

Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Merrimaker

Director

Collision Bend

Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Mi Dulcinea

Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer

Arcadia

Director

Byron's Theme

Producer

An Endless Wedding

Original Film Writer

Epiphany

Director