Maren Ade was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1976. With just three feature films, she has become one of the most important contemporary German directors. From 1998 she studied producing and directing at the University of Television and Film Munich, and in 2001 she co-founded the production company Komplizen Film. Alongside her work as a director, Ade has long been a producer, involved in films by directors such as Valeska Grisebach, Miguel Gomes, and Nadav Lapid. Her films explore intimate relationships, loneliness, social norms, and individual predicaments with keen observation.
