Portrait of Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin

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).

Born: August 25, 1973

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Deutschland

Filmography

2025
Mona Mur in Conversation

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Ronny & Klaid

as Himself

2015
From Caligari to Hitler

as Self - Filmmaker

2012
Square

as Self

2005
2004
German Dream

as Fatih Akin

2004
2001
2001
A Goddamn Job

as Ex-Gott

2001
The Experiment

as Cab Driver (voice)

2000
In July

as Rumänischer Grenzbeamter

1999
TV total

as Self

1999
Kismet

as Tony

1997
Back in Trouble

as Kebab-Fatih

1996
SK-Babies

as Bekir

1994
1991
DAS!

as Self

1979
1976
1948
Bambi

as Self