---
name: "Maximilian Leo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maximilian-leo"
fi1m_id: "maximilian-leo"
imdb_id: "nm1842600"
tmdb_id: 1292591
wikidata_id: "Q95348372"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 April 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:44:17.719434+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Maximilian Leo

## Identity

Maximilian Leo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maximilian-leo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maximilian-leo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1842600
- **TMDB ID:** 1292591
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95348372
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95348372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1842600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292591

Producer. Born 3 April 1979 in Cologne.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 April 1979, Cologne
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95348372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1842600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292591

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Mother Mary*](https://film.one/film/mother-mary.md) (58)

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## Biography

Maximilian Leo is a German film producer and director. Born on 3 April 1979 in Cologne, he studied feature film direction at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne from 2005 to 2009. He began by producing documentaries in locations including Afghanistan and Africa.

In 2008, Leo co-founded the production company augenschein Filmproduktion with Jonas Katzenstein. He has produced feature films including *7500* (2019), *Stowaway* (2021), *The Assessment* (2024), *The Dive* (2023), *A Sacrifice* (2024) and *Mother Mary* (2026). His directorial debut, *My Brother's Keeper* (2014), premiered at the Berlinale.

*Sources: imdb.com, augenschein-filmproduktion.de, filmportal.de, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mother Mary* (2026), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mother-mary.md)
- *The Weight* (2026), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bloody Tennis* (2026), Producer
- *The Weight* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)
- *Mother Mary* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-mary.md)
- *Dead of Winter* (2025), Producer
- *Islands* (2025), Producer
- *The Assessment* (2025), Producer
- *A Sacrifice* (2024), Producer
- *The Dive* (2023), Producer
- *All Russians Love Birch Trees* (2022), Producer
- *Home* (2021), Producer
- *Stowaway* (2021), Producer
- *7500* (2019), Producer
- *Patrick* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Cloud Whispers* (2018), Producer
- *Samui Song* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Schule, Schule - Die Zeit nach Berg Fidel* (2017), Producer
- *Hunting Season* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Invisible* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Apprentice* (2016), Co-Producer
- *The Wounded Angel* (2016), Producer
- *Tour du Faso* (2014), Producer
- *My Brother's Keeper* (2014), Director, Producer
- *Kid* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Between Valleys* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Writer
- *Flesh of the Gods*, Producer
- *Morning*, Producer
- *Trinity*, Producer
- *Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders*, Producer

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