Person

İlker Çatak

Directing · Born 1984-01-11 · Berlin, Germany

İlker Çatak (born 11 January 1984; Berlin) is a Turkish-German director. İlker Çatak was born in Berlin in 1984 and later lived in Istanbul where he completed high school. İlker studied Film Directing in Berlin and Hamburg, graduating in 2014 at Hamburg Media School. His graduation film SADAKAT received many international awards before winning the Student Academy Award in Gold in 2015. İlker’s first feature film, ONCE UPON A TIME INDIANERLAND debuted in 2017 and is an adaptation of the award-winning youth novel ‘Es war einmal Indianerland’ by Nils Mohl. İlker’s second feature film I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE (2019) received the Bronze Lola at the German Film Awards. His feature film STAMBUL GARDEN was released in Germany in autumn 2021 and also selected at the German Film Awards. İlker’s other projects include directing an episode on the TV show TATORT. His latest film THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE will have its world premiere at the 73. Berlin Film Festival and hit theatres in May 2023.

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  Scene of the Crime

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  Æon Flux

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  Yellow Letters

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  The Teachers' Lounge

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  Home Entertainment

  2026

• Mehrzahl Heimat

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  Old School

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  Fay Grim

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• Ayda

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• Fast Fiktion

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• 2026Home Entertainment
• 2026Yellow LettersDirector
• 2023The Teachers' LoungeDirector
• 2021Borowski und der gute MenschDirector
• 2021Blurred LinesDirector
• 2019I Was, I Am, I Will BeDirector
• 2017Once Upon a Time in Indian CountryDirector
• 2014ZeitraumWriter
• 2014Where We AreDirector
• 2014FidelityDirector
• 2013Old SchoolDirector
• 2010When Namibia Was a City...Writer
• 2008AydaDirector
• 2008Between Borders
• 2007Fay GrimSet Runner
• 2007Mehrzahl HeimatWriter
• 2006Fast FiktionDirector
• 2005Æon FluxProduction Assistant
• 2005Eskimo Frosch
• 2005One Day in EuropeThird Assistant Director
• 1970Scene of the CrimeDirector
• —FleshDirector