Person
Fatih Akin
Directing · Born 1973-08-25 · Hamburg, Deutschland
Biography
Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017).
Known for
DAS!
Self
Kölner Treff
Self
NDR Talk Show
Self
3 nach 9
Self
Bambi
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Grimme Award
Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
Square
Self
German Film Award
Self
Filmography
- 2026Geister weinen nichtDirector
- 2026Momo 3000Thanks
- 2026Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSelf
- 2025AmrumWriter
- 2025Mona Mur in ConversationSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Hot Girl SummerThanks
- 2025All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel KurtizSelf
- 2024Schauburg Mon AmourSelf
- 2022RhinegoldPeshmerga
- 2021Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashCo-Producer
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
- 2019Ronny & KlaidHimself
- 2019The Golden GloveDirector
- 2017In the FadeDirector
- 2016Goodbye BerlinDirector
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015From Caligari to HitlerSelf - Filmmaker
- 2014The CutDirector
- 2012Polluting ParadiseDirector
- 2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad BoyHimself
- 2012SquareSelf
- 2011UFO in Her EyesExecutive Producer
- 2011Champions: A Comic TaleSelf
- 2009Soul KitchenDirector
- 2009Before Your EyesCo-Producer
- 2009Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the NationDirector
- 2008New York, I Love YouDirector
- 2008ChikoProducer
- 2007The Edge of HeavenProducer
- 2007AltyapiDirector
- 2006Takva: A Man's Fear of GodProducer
- 2005Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of IstanbulDirector
- 2005Robbery Alla TurcaLokman
- 2004German DreamFatih Akin
- 2004Ein krasser DealBouncer
- 2004Visions of EuropeDirector
- 2004Kebab ConnectionScreenplay
- 2004Head-OnProducer
- 2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf
- 2002SolinoDirector
- 2002Through the Night with...Self
- 2002NDR Kultur – Das JournalSelf
- 2001Planet der KannibalenMr. Dark
- 2001The Lovers of the Hotel OsmanAhmet
- 2001A Goddamn JobEx-Gott
- 2001The ExperimentCab Driver (voice)
- 2001We Have Forgotten to Return HomeHimself
- 2000In JulyRumänischer Grenzbeamter
- 1999TV totalSelf
- 1999The Last Flight
- 1999Black SoulsTony
- 1998Short Sharp ShockNejo
- 1997Back in TroubleKebab-Fatih
- 1997Getürkt
- 1997The German BronxFeroz
- 1997NachtstudioSelf
- 1997Trickser
- 1996SK-BabiesBekir
- 1995Sensin – Du bist es
- 1995Kral Türkiye Müzik ÖdülleriNominee
- 1994Doppelter EinsatzErdal
- 1991DAS!Self
- 1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
- 1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
- 1976Kölner TreffSelf
- 19743 nach 9Self
- 1964Grimme AwardSelf
- 1951German Film AwardSelf
- 1948BambiSelf
- —Sie ist ein anatolischer DracheDirector
- —Birds Without WingsDirector
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