Max Färberböck (born 22 September 1950) is a German film director
and writer. He was born in Brannenburg, Bavaria. He began his career
at theaters in Buenos Aires and in Italy. He later studied at the
University of Television and Film in Munich and worked for Constantin
Film and as an assistant for Peter Zadek at the Deutsches
Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. After producing several plays at theaters
in Hamburg, Heidelberg and Cologne, he began to write and direct
episodes for the TV series Der Fahnder.Later Färberböck produced
several TV films, before making his first feature film, Aimée &
Jaguar (1998). It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best
Foreign Language Film. The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear
at 49th Berlin International Film Festival.He directed A Woman in
Berlin (2008), based on the memoir by the same name. A new edition had
been published in Germany in 2003, two years after the author's death.
This controversial work dealt with the experiences of women in Berlin
in the last weeks of the Battle of Berlin and occupation by Soviet
Union troops at the end of World War II. The author is reputed to be
the late journalist, Marta Hillers, who died in 2001.
and writer. He was born in Brannenburg, Bavaria. He began his career
at theaters in Buenos Aires and in Italy. He later studied at the
University of Television and Film in Munich and worked for Constantin
Film and as an assistant for Peter Zadek at the Deutsches
Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. After producing several plays at theaters
in Hamburg, Heidelberg and Cologne, he began to write and direct
episodes for the TV series Der Fahnder.Later Färberböck produced
several TV films, before making his first feature film, Aimée &
Jaguar (1998). It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best
Foreign Language Film. The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear
at 49th Berlin International Film Festival.He directed A Woman in
Berlin (2008), based on the memoir by the same name. A new edition had
been published in Germany in 2003, two years after the author's death.
This controversial work dealt with the experiences of women in Berlin
in the last weeks of the Battle of Berlin and occupation by Soviet
Union troops at the end of World War II. The author is reputed to be
the late journalist, Marta Hillers, who died in 2001.
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