Fatih Akin
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Fatih Akin

Aug 25, 1973 - Hamburg, Deutschland

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).

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Movie2001The ExperimentCab Driver (voice)
Movie2001A Goddamn JobEx-Gott
Movie2000In JulyRumänischer Grenzbeamter
Movie1998Short Sharp ShockNejo
Movie2015From Caligari to HitlerSelf - Filmmaker
Movie2005Robbery Alla TurcaLokman
Movie1997Getürkt
Movie1995Sensin – Du bist es
Movie1997Trickser
Movie2004Ein krasser DealBouncer
Movie1999KismetTony
Movie2001Planet der KannibalenMr. Dark
Movie2004German DreamFatih Akin
Movie2011Champions: A Comic TaleSelf
Movie1997Back in TroubleKebab-Fatih
Movie2024Schauburg Mon AmourSelf
Movie2001The Lovers of the Hotel OsmanAhmet
Movie2019Ronny & KlaidHimself
Movie2001We Have Forgotten to Return HomeHimself
Movie1999The Last Flight
Movie2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad BoyHimself
Movie2025All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel KurtizSelf
Movie2025Mona Mur in ConversationSelf (archive footage)
TV Show1997The German BronxFeroz1
TV Show1994Doppelter EinsatzErdal1
TV Show1996SK-BabiesBekir1
TV Show2002Through the Night with...Self2
TV Show1964Grimme Awards CeremonySelf1
TV Show1951Deutscher FilmpreisSelf3
TV Show1948Bambi-VerleihungSelf1
TV Show1979Bayerischer FilmpreisSelf3
TV Show2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf1
TV Show2012SquareSelf1
TV Show1976Kölner TreffSelf1
TV Show1999TV totalSelf1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show1991DAS!Self1
TV Show1979NDR Talk ShowSelf4
TV Show19743 nach 9Self1
TV Show2002NDR Kultur – Das JournalSelf1
TV Show1997NachtstudioSelf1
TV Show1995Kral Türkiye Müzik ÖdülleriNominee1

Crew

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Movie2004Head-OnDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Head-OnAuthorWriting
Movie2004Head-OnProducerProduction
Movie1998Short Sharp ShockDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Short Sharp ShockScreenplayWriting
Movie2004Kebab ConnectionScreenplayWriting
Movie2007The Edge of HeavenDirectorDirecting
Movie2007The Edge of HeavenScreenplayWriting
Movie2007The Edge of HeavenProducerProduction
Movie2006Takva: A Man's Fear of GodProducerProduction
Movie2000In JulyDirectorDirecting
Movie2000In JulyScreenplayWriting
Movie2009Soul KitchenDirectorDirecting
Movie2008ChikoProducerProduction
Movie2002SolinoDirectorDirecting
Movie2004Visions of EuropeDirectorDirecting
Movie2005Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of IstanbulDirectorDirecting
Movie2021Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2009Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the NationDirectorDirecting
Movie1997GetürktDirectorDirecting
Movie1997GetürktWriterWriting
Movie2012Polluting ParadiseDirectorDirecting
Movie1995Sensin – Du bist esWriterWriting
Movie1995Sensin – Du bist esDirectorDirecting
Movie2014The CutDirectorDirecting
Movie2014The CutScreenplayWriting
Movie2014The CutProducerProduction
Movie2004Visions of EuropeWriterWriting
Movie2022RhinegoldDirectorDirecting
Movie2022RhinegoldScreenplayWriting
Movie2008New York, I Love YouDirectorDirecting
Movie2008New York, I Love YouWriterWriting
Movie2016Goodbye BerlinDirectorDirecting
Movie2017In the FadeDirectorDirecting
Movie2017In the FadeProducerProduction
Movie2001We Have Forgotten to Return HomeDirectorDirecting
Movie2025AmrumDirectorDirecting
Movie2025AmrumWriterWriting
Movie2004Visions of EuropeProducerProduction
Movie2019The Golden GloveDirectorDirecting
Movie2009Before Your EyesCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2017In the FadeScreenplayWriting
Movie2019The Golden GloveScreenplayWriting
Movie2019The Golden GloveProducerProduction
Movie2005Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of IstanbulWriterWriting
Movie2005Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of IstanbulProducerProduction
Movie2009Soul KitchenWriterWriting
Movie2009Soul KitchenProducerProduction
Movie2012Polluting ParadiseWriterWriting
Movie2012Polluting ParadiseProducerProduction
Movie2016Goodbye BerlinWriterWriting
Movie201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirectorDirecting
Movie2011UFO in Her EyesExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2007AltyapiDirectorDirecting
Movie2022RhinegoldProducerProduction
Movie2022RhinegoldWriterWriting
MovieN/ASie ist ein anatolischer DracheDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AGeister weinen nichtDirectorDirecting
Movie2025Mädchen Mädchen!ThanksCrew