Name
Fatih Akin
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1973-08-25 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man ...
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20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the uni...
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New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, d...
6.9
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a t...
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In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only rest...
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Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick...
- 2001 The Experiment as Cab Driver (voice)
- 2001 A Goddamn Job as Ex-Gott
- 2000 In July as Rumänischer Grenzbeamter
- 1998 Short Sharp Shock as Nejo
- 2015 From Caligari to Hitler as Self - Filmmaker
- 2005 Robbery Alla Turca as Lokman
- 1997 Getürkt
- 1995 Sensin – Du bist es
- 1997 Trickser
- 2004 Ein krasser Deal as Bouncer
- 1999 Black Souls as Tony
- 2001 Planet der Kannibalen as Mr. Dark
- 2004 German Dream as Fatih Akin
- 2011 Champions: A Comic Tale as Self
- 1997 Back in Trouble as Kebab-Fatih
- 2024 Schauburg Mon Amour as Self
- 2001 The Lovers of the Hotel Osman as Ahmet
- 2019 Ronny & Klaid as Himself
- 2001 We Have Forgotten to Return Home as Himself
- 1999 The Last Flight
- 2012 Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
- 2025 All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz as Self
- 2025 Mona Mur in Conversation as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Rhinegold as Peshmerga
- 1997 The German Bronx ( 1 episode ) as Feroz
- 1994 Doppelter Einsatz ( 1 episode ) as Erdal
- 1996 SK-Babies ( 1 episode ) as Bekir
- 2002 Through the Night with... ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Grimme Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 German Film Award ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Bavarian Film Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Menschen bei Maischberger ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Square ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 TV total ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 3 nach 9 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 NDR Kultur – Das Journal ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Nachtstudio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri ( 1 episode ) as Nominee
- 2026 Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm ( 1 episode ) as Self
