
Fatih Akin
Directing • Born 1973-08-25
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).
Filmography
44 credits
The Experiment
Movie • 2001
Cab Driver (voice)

A Goddamn Job
Movie • 2001
Ex-Gott

In July
Movie • 2000
Rumänischer Grenzbeamter

Short Sharp Shock
Movie • 1998
Nejo

From Caligari to Hitler
Movie • 2015
Self - Filmmaker

Robbery Alla Turca
Movie • 2005
Lokman

Getürkt
Movie • 1997

Sensin – Du bist es
Movie • 1995

Trickser
Movie • 1997

Ein krasser Deal
Movie • 2004
Bouncer

Kismet
Movie • 1999
Tony

Planet der Kannibalen
Movie • 2001
Mr. Dark

German Dream
Movie • 2004
Fatih Akin

Champions: A Comic Tale
Movie • 2011
Self

Back in Trouble
Movie • 1997
Kebab-Fatih

Schauburg Mon Amour
Movie • 2024
Self

The Lovers of the Hotel Osman
Movie • 2001
Ahmet

Ronny & Klaid
Movie • 2019
Himself

We Have Forgotten to Return Home
Movie • 2001
Himself

The Last Flight
Movie • 1999

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Movie • 2012
Himself

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Movie • 2025
Self

Mona Mur in Conversation
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)

Rhinegold
Movie • 2022
Peshmerga

The German Bronx
TV • 1997
Feroz

Doppelter Einsatz
TV • 1994
Erdal

SK-Babies
TV • 1996
Bekir

Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self

Grimme Award
TV • 1964
Self

German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self

Bambi
TV • 1948
Self

Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self

Menschen bei Maischberger
TV • 2003
Self

Square
TV • 2012
Self

Kölner Treff
TV • 1976
Self

TV total
TV • 1999
Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self

DAS!
TV • 1991
Self

NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self

3 nach 9
TV • 1974
Self

NDR Kultur – Das Journal
TV • 2002
Self

Nachtstudio
TV • 1997
Self

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
TV • 1995
Nominee

Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
TV • 2026
Self