Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin

director, producer, actor

Fatih Akin was born on Aug 25, 1973 in West Germany. Fatih Akin's big-screen debut came with Getürkt directed by Fatih Akin in 1996, strarring Musa. Fatih Akin is known for In the Fade directed by Fatih Akin, Numan Acar stars as Nuri Sekerci and Adam Bousdoukos as Knacki. Fatih Akin has got 52 awards and 46 nominations so far. The most recent award Fatih Akin achieved is Splat! FilmFest. The upcoming new movie Fatih Akin plays is Rheingold which will be released on Oct 27, 2022.

Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg of Turkish parentage. He began studying Visual Communications at Hamburg's College of Fine Arts in 1994. His collaboration with Wueste Film also dates from this time. In 1995, he wrote and directed his first short feature, "Sensin - You're The One!" ("Sensin - Du bist es!"), which received the Audience Award at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival. His second short film, "Weed" ("Getürkt", 1996), received several national and international festival prizes. His first full length feature film, "Short Sharp Shock" ("Kurz und schmerzlos", 1998) won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno and the Bavarian Film Award (Best Young Director) in 1998. His other films include: "In July" ("Im Juli", 2000), "Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren" (2001), "Solino" (2002), the Berlinale Golden Bear-winner and winner of the German and European Film Awards "Head-On" ("Gegen die Wand", 2003), and "Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul" (2005).

  • Birthday

    Aug 25, 1973
  • Place of Birth

    Hamburg, West Germany

Known For

Awards

52 wins & 46 nominations

Splat! FilmFest
2019
Most Shocking Film
Winner - Audience Award
Bavarian Film Awards
2018
Best Direction (Regiepreis)
Winner - Bavarian Film Award
2008
Best Director (Regiepreis)
Winner - Bavarian Film Award
1999
Best Direction - Young Film (Regienachwuchspreis)
Winner - Bavarian Film Award
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