Maria Brendle

Screenwriter, Director, Casting, Editor

Copyright: Michael Schäuble

Born in 1983 in Singen, Germany. She studied Graphic Design and Information Design in Ravensburg. We worked as editor in an advertising agency prior to studying film from 2008-13 at ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). Director of commissioned films for advertising and television. She graduated with a Bachelor in Film from ZHdK in 2013. She works as an independent filmmaker in Germany and Switzerland.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Friedas Fall by Maria Brendle
2020
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run by Maria Brendle
2013
Special Guest by Maria Brendle, Cosima Frei
2013
Blinder Passagier by Maria Brendle
2008
Puzzled by Maria Brendle
2008
Blickwinkel by Maria Brendle
2005
Zielsicher by Maria Brendle

Screenwriter

2024
Friedas Fall by Maria Brendle
2020
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run by Maria Brendle
2013
Blinder Passagier by Maria Brendle

Editor

2015
Leonardo by Ilir Hasanaj
2014
Die Demokratie ist los! by Thomas Isler

Casting

2016
Puppenspiel by Ares Ceylan
2013
Blinder Passagier by Maria Brendle

Awards

(a selection)

2020
Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island International Film Festival, First Prize: The Marlyn Mason Award (Winner) in Ala Kachuu – Take and Run