Max Kerkhoff

I’m a documentary filmmaker and freelance editor from Berlin. I also give workshops.

I was born in Austria, my mother is American, my father German. Also, I speak French and Spanish.

At Humboldt, Free University Berlin and Université Aix-Marseille, I studied European ethnology, political science and media & communication studies (MA), before earning my Diplom degree (BA & MFA) in film editing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.

Since 2010, I have been shooting and giving workshops in many countries, e.g. DR Congo, Rwanda, Tunesia, Ghana, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Kosovo, Burma/Myanmar, Mexico. With my work, I have been selected for numerous programs, festivals and grants, like IDFAcademy and the DOKfest Munich-Pitch, Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis. In 2019, I received the Grenzgänger/ Crossing Borders grant by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Literaturcolloquim Berlin, and participated in the European Social Documentary (ESoDoc) development program by Zelig Bozen and EU creative MEDIA. In 2020, I received the ScriptLab docu grant by the DrehbuchFORUM Wien/ the Austrian Screenwriters Guild. Clients and partners have included the UN International Trade Centre, American Academy Berlin, Deutsche Welle Akademie, the Myanmar Journalism Institute, Kwetu Film Institute, ZDF neo, ARTE, and others.

I am also a memberGerman film editors guild BFS (Bundesverband Filmschnitt Editor e.V.)

My studio is at the Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, a non-profit and self-administered art space with ca. 30 artist studios in Berlin-Treptow. Currently, I am a member of the board.