
Directing
Maximilian Karakatsanis
Born
1994-04-30 (32)
Place of birth
Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
21 titles
Maximilian Karakatsanis is a film director and writer born in Germany in 1994.
Known for
7.3A metro driver with colorful hair is unexpectedly chosen as the face of a public transport advertising campaign, blurring the lines between the visible and hidden.
Beneath the Night
2026
NRFour young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate, questioning everything and themselves.
Apathie
2017
NRAfter committing a robbery, three young criminals plan their next heist. The euphoria of those first moments gradually gives way to repressed longings and conflicting emotions. They begin to have doubts about their plan.
Breakage
2022
NRAn actor meets a subversive journalist in Budapest, and they have to decide between love in political resistance and artistic self-realization. Shot on flickering VHS, the film reflects an oversaturated, stylized and staged idea of romance.
Courage
2019
NRMy grandfather was one of the very first labour migrants of the recruitment agreement between Germany and Greece. A short poetic documentary about longing, family and being a so-called guest worker.
Eternal Guest
2020
NRA cinematic journey between places and times. About a so-called guest worker who went to Germany, and those who stayed in Greece or eventually returned there. About life in a small mountain village, family, and personal loss.
Fasolákia
2022
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.3A metro driver with colorful hair is unexpectedly chosen as the face of a public transport advertising campaign, blurring the lines between the visible and hidden.
Beneath the Night
2026
7.3A metro driver with colorful hair is unexpectedly chosen as the face of a public transport advertising campaign, blurring the lines between the visible and hidden.
Beneath the Night
2026
7.3A metro driver with colorful hair is unexpectedly chosen as the face of a public transport advertising campaign, blurring the lines between the visible and hidden.
Beneath the Night
2026
NRFour young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate, questioning everything and themselves.
Apathie
2017
NRFour young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate, questioning everything and themselves.
Apathie
2017
NRFour young friends with different life perspectives venture out of the suburbs and are confronted by a tragic fate, questioning everything and themselves.
Apathie
2017
NRAfter committing a robbery, three young criminals plan their next heist. The euphoria of those first moments gradually gives way to repressed longings and conflicting emotions. They begin to have doubts about their plan.
Breakage
2022
NRAfter committing a robbery, three young criminals plan their next heist. The euphoria of those first moments gradually gives way to repressed longings and conflicting emotions. They begin to have doubts about their plan.
Breakage
2022
NRAfter committing a robbery, three young criminals plan their next heist. The euphoria of those first moments gradually gives way to repressed longings and conflicting emotions. They begin to have doubts about their plan.
Breakage
2022
NRAn actor meets a subversive journalist in Budapest, and they have to decide between love in political resistance and artistic self-realization. Shot on flickering VHS, the film reflects an oversaturated, stylized and staged idea of romance.
Courage
2019
NRAn actor meets a subversive journalist in Budapest, and they have to decide between love in political resistance and artistic self-realization. Shot on flickering VHS, the film reflects an oversaturated, stylized and staged idea of romance.
Courage
2019
NRAn actor meets a subversive journalist in Budapest, and they have to decide between love in political resistance and artistic self-realization. Shot on flickering VHS, the film reflects an oversaturated, stylized and staged idea of romance.
Courage
2019
NRMy grandfather was one of the very first labour migrants of the recruitment agreement between Germany and Greece. A short poetic documentary about longing, family and being a so-called guest worker.
Eternal Guest
2020
NRMy grandfather was one of the very first labour migrants of the recruitment agreement between Germany and Greece. A short poetic documentary about longing, family and being a so-called guest worker.
Eternal Guest
2020
NRA cinematic journey between places and times. About a so-called guest worker who went to Germany, and those who stayed in Greece or eventually returned there. About life in a small mountain village, family, and personal loss.
Fasolákia
2022
NRA cinematic journey between places and times. About a so-called guest worker who went to Germany, and those who stayed in Greece or eventually returned there. About life in a small mountain village, family, and personal loss.
Fasolákia
2022
NRTransitory places, childhood memories, and dreams intertwine on analog film to create a poetic mosaic that allows for an intimate exploration of grief and its cinematic representation. A very personal farewell.
Looking Into the Sun
2023
NRTransitory places, childhood memories, and dreams intertwine on analog film to create a poetic mosaic that allows for an intimate exploration of grief and its cinematic representation. A very personal farewell.
Looking Into the Sun
2023
NRTransitory places, childhood memories, and dreams intertwine on analog film to create a poetic mosaic that allows for an intimate exploration of grief and its cinematic representation. A very personal farewell.
Looking Into the Sun
2023
NRThe gaze in autocorrelation.
Sag Es Nicht
2016
