- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1973
- Place of Birth
- Hamburg, Deutschland
Fatih Akin
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).
Filmography
Geister
movieGeister
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieMomo 3000
2026 · Thanks
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
tvMein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026 · Self
movieAmrum
2025 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieMona Mur in Conversation
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieHot Girl Summer
2025 · Thanks
movieAll Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025 · Self
movieSchauburg Mon Amour
2024 · Self
movieRhinegold
2022 · Peshmerga, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Writer
movieVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
2021 · Co-Producer
movie30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Director
movieRonny & Klaid
2019 · Himself
movieThe Golden Glove
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieIn the Fade
2017 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieGoodbye Berlin
2016 · Director, Writer
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieFrom Caligari to Hitler
2015 · Self - Filmmaker
movieThe Cut
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
moviePolluting Paradise
2012 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieKusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012 · Himself
tvSquare
2012 · Self
movieUFO in Her Eyes
2011 · Executive Producer
movieChampions: A Comic Tale
2011 · Self
movieSoul Kitchen
2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieBefore Your Eyes
2009 · Co-Producer
movieGermany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009 · Director
movieNew York, I Love You
2008 · Director, Writer
movieChiko
2008 · Producer
movieThe Edge of Heaven
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Altyapi
movieAltyapi
2007 · Director
movieTakva: A Man's Fear of God
2006 · Producer
movieCrossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
2005 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieRobbery Alla Turca
2005 · Lokman
movieGerman Dream
2004 · Fatih Akin
movieEin krasser Deal
2004 · Bouncer
movieVisions of Europe
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieKebab Connection
2004 · Screenplay
movieHead-On
2004 · Director, Producer, Writer
Menschen bei Maischberger
tvMenschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
movieSolino
2002 · Director
tvThrough the Night with...
2002 · Self
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
tvNDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002 · Self
moviePlanet der Kannibalen
2001 · Mr. Dark
movieThe Lovers of the Hotel Osman
2001 · Ahmet
movieA Goddamn Job
2001 · Ex-Gott
movieThe Experiment
2001 · Cab Driver (voice)
movieWe Have Forgotten to Return Home
2001 · Himself, Director
movieIn July
2000 · Rumänischer Grenzbeamter, Director, Screenplay
tvTV total
1999 · Self
The Last Flight
movieThe Last Flight
1999
movieBlack Souls
1999 · Tony
movieShort Sharp Shock
1998 · Nejo, Director, Writer
movieBack in Trouble
1997 · Kebab-Fatih
movieGetürkt
1997 · , Director, Writer
The German Bronx
tvThe German Bronx
1997 · Feroz
Nachtstudio
tvNachtstudio
1997 · Self
Trickser
movieTrickser
1997
tvSK-Babies
1996 · Bekir
Sensin – Du bist es
movieSensin – Du bist es
1995 · , Writer, Director
tvKral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995 · Nominee
tvDoppelter Einsatz
1994 · Erdal
tvDAS!
1991 · Self
Bavarian Film Awards
tvBavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
tvNDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
tvKölner Treff
1976 · Self
3 nach 9
tv3 nach 9
1974 · Self
Grimme Award
tvGrimme Award
1964 · Self
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
tvBambi
1948 · Self
Sie ist ein anatolischer Drache
movieSie ist ein anatolischer Drache
— · Director
Birds Without Wings
movieBirds Without Wings
— · Director