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Fatih Akin
Directing

Fatih Akin
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1973-08-25,Hamburg, Deutschland
Gender
Male
Biography
Fatih Akin born 25 August 1973 is a 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). 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.[4] 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 was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In 2017, Akin's 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.

Filmography

7.4

The Experiment
2001-03-08

6

A Goddamn Job
2001-04-19

7.3

In July
2000-08-23

Short Sharp Shock

6.7

Short Sharp Shock
1998-10-15

From Caligari to Hitler

7.4

From Caligari to Hitler
2015-05-28

Robbery Alla Turca

4.9

Robbery Alla Turca
2005-02-10

4.2

Getürkt
1997-11-13

Sensin – Du bist es

0

Sensin – Du bist es
1995-10-01

0

Trickser
1997-01-01

Ein krasser Deal

0

Ein krasser Deal
2004-06-03

6

Kismet
1999-01-01

Planet der Kannibalen

8

Planet der Kannibalen
2001-11-17

0

German Dream
2004-11-15

Champions: A Comic Tale

6

Champions: A Comic Tale
2011-03-15

Back in Trouble

5

Back in Trouble
1997-12-11

Schauburg Mon Amour

0

Schauburg Mon Amour
2024-05-04

The Lovers of the Hotel Osman

0

The Lovers of the Hotel Osman
2001-06-01

6.2

Ronny & Klaid
2019-10-10

We Have Forgotten to Return Home

4.8

We Have Forgotten to Return Home
2001-01-01

The Last Flight

5

The Last Flight
1999-03-03

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy

8

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012-03-01

The German Bronx

0

The German Bronx
1997-09-09

Doppelter Einsatz

2.3

Doppelter Einsatz
1994-09-20

0

SK-Babies
1996-05-14

Through the Night with...

8

Through the Night with...
2002-05-10

Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

0

Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
1964-01-16

Deutscher Filmpreis

6

Deutscher Filmpreis
1951-01-01

9

Bambi Awards
1948-01-01

Bayerischer Filmpreis

0

Bayerischer Filmpreis
1979-12-01

Menschen bei Maischberger

4.5

Menschen bei Maischberger
2003-09-02

0

Square
2012-01-08

6

Kölner Treff
1976-01-25

6.1

TV Total
1999-03-08

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

4.8

DAS!
1991-01-02

6.5

NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09

6.5

3 nach 9
1974-11-19

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

0

NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002-04-29

0

Nachtstudio
1997-09-03