
Fatih Akin
Department: Directing
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

The Experiment
2001

A Goddamn Job
2001

In July
2000

Short Sharp Shock
1998

From Caligari to Hitler
2015

Robbery Alla Turca
2005

Getürkt
1997

Sensin – Du bist es
1995

Trickser
1997

Ein krasser Deal
2004

Black Souls
1999

Planet der Kannibalen
2001

German Dream
2004

Champions: A Comic Tale
2011

Back in Trouble
1997

Schauburg Mon Amour
2024

The Lovers of the Hotel Osman
2001

Ronny & Klaid
2019

We Have Forgotten to Return Home
2001

The Last Flight
1999

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025

Mona Mur in Conversation
2025

Rhinegold
2022

The German Bronx
1997

Doppelter Einsatz
1994

SK-Babies
1996

Through the Night with...
2002

Grimme Award
1964

German Film Award
1951

Bambi
1948

Bavarian Film Awards
1979

Menschen bei Maischberger
2003

Square
2012

Kölner Treff
1976

TV total
1999

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015

DAS!
1991

NDR Talk Show
1979

3 nach 9
1974

NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002

Nachtstudio
1997

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995

Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026