Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin

  • Birthday: 1973-08-25
  • Place of birth: Hamburg, Deutschland
  • Also know as: Фатіх Акін

Biography

Fatih Akın (born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, 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). Akin was born in Hamburg to Turkish parents. He has one brother, Cem Akin, who works as an actor. He attended the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg to study visual communications and graduated in 2000. Akin has been married to German-Mexican actress Monique Obermüller since 2004. The couple live in Hamburg-Altona, close to where he was raised. They have two children. Akin made his debut as director of a full-length film as early as 1998 with Short Sharp Shock (Kurz und schmerzlos), which brought him the "Bronze Leopard" award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and the "Pierrot", the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director in Munich the same year. Since then he has directed feature films such as In July (Im Juli) in 2000, We forgot to go back (Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren) in 2001 and Solino in 2002. His fourth film, Head-On (Gegen die Wand), starring Sibel Kekilli, was a major success in 2004 and received several prizes, among them the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival and the "Best Film" and the "Audience Award" at the 2004 European Film Awards. In 2005, he directed a documentary about the Istanbul music scene, Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, which includes musicians such as Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Aynur Doğan and Brenna MacCrimmon. It is narrated by a member of a German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten, Alexander Hacke, who also produced music for Head-On. In 2007, Akin's The Edge of Heaven, a German-Turkish cross-cultural tale of loss, mourning and forgiveness, won the prize for Best Screenplay at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007. On 24 October 2007 the same film was awarded the first edition of the LUX prize for European cinema by the European Parliament. About the comedy Soul Kitchen (2009) he has said he chose this more light-hearted film because he needed a break after making the "tough" films Head-On and The Edge of Heaven before making his next planned film The Devil. "But", he says, "now I feel ready to finish the trilogy". In 2012, his documentary film Polluting Paradise was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His 2014 film The Cut has been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In 2017, his film In the Fade was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes that year, Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award. The film was subsequently selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. In the Fade won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fatih Akin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

German Dream

2004

As Fatih Akin

Getürkt

1997

As

Kismet

1999

As Tony

From Caligari to Hitler

2015

As Self - Filmmaker

In July

2000

As Rumänischer Grenzbeamter

Robbery Alla Turca

2005

As Lokman

Trickser

1997

As

Planet der Kannibalen

2001

As Mr. Dark

Back in Trouble

1997

As Kebab-Fatih

Ein krasser Deal

2004

As Türsteher

Ronny & Klaid

2019

As Himself

A Goddamn Job

2001

As Ex-Gott

Short Sharp Shock

1998

As Nejo

The Experiment

2001

As Taxifahrer

Production

Head-On

2004

As Director

Short Sharp Shock

1998

As Director

The Edge of Heaven

2007

As Director

In July

2000

As Director

Soul Kitchen

2009

As Director

Solino

2002

As Director

Visions of Europe

2004

As Director

In the Fade

2017

As Director

Getürkt

1997

As Director

Polluting Paradise

2012

As Director

Sensin – Du bist es

1995

As Director

The Cut

2014

As Director

Goodbye Berlin

2016

As Director

The Golden Glove

2019

As Director

Altyapi

2007

As Director

Rhinegold

2022

As Director

New York, I Love You

2008

As Director

Head-On

2004

As Producer

The Edge of Heaven

2007

As Producer

Chiko

2008

As Producer

The Cut

2014

As Producer

In the Fade

2017

As Producer

The Golden Glove

2019

As Producer

Soul Kitchen

2009

As Producer

Polluting Paradise

2012

As Producer

UFO in Her Eyes

2011

As Executive Producer

Visions of Europe

2004

As Producer

Before Your Eyes

2009

As Co-Producer

Head-On

2004

As Author

Short Sharp Shock

1998

As Screenplay

The Edge of Heaven

2007

As Screenplay

Kebab Connection

2004

As Screenplay

In July

2000

As Screenplay

Getürkt

1997

As Writer

Sensin – Du bist es

1995

As Writer

The Cut

2014

As Screenplay

In the Fade

2017

As Screenplay

The Golden Glove

2019

As Screenplay

Soul Kitchen

2009

As Writer

Goodbye Berlin

2016

As Writer

Polluting Paradise

2012

As Writer

Rhinegold

2022

As Screenplay

Visions of Europe

2004

As Writer

New York, I Love You

2008

As Writer

keyboard_arrow_up