Fatih Akin

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

DAS!

NDR Talk Show

Kölner Treff

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Bambi

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Through the Night with...

Doppelter Einsatz

All Movies (24)

• Mona Mur in Conversation2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz2025 · as Self
• Schauburg Mon Amour2024 · as Self
• Rhinegold2022 · as Peshmerga
• Ronny & Klaid2019 · as Himself
• From Caligari to Hitler2015 · as Self - Filmmaker
• Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy2012 · as Himself
• Champions: A Comic Tale2011 · as Self
• Robbery Alla Turca2005 · as Lokman
• German Dream2004 · as Fatih Akin
• Ein krasser Deal2004 · as Bouncer
• Planet der Kannibalen2001 · as Mr. Dark
• The Lovers of the Hotel Osman2001 · as Ahmet
• A Goddamn Job2001 · as Ex-Gott
• The Experiment2001 · as Cab Driver (voice)
• We Have Forgotten to Return Home2001 · as Himself
• In July2000 · as Rumänischer Grenzbeamter
• The Last Flight1999
• Black Souls1999 · as Tony
• Short Sharp Shock1998 · as Nejo
• Back in Trouble1997 · as Kebab-Fatih
• Getürkt1997
• Trickser1997
• Sensin – Du bist es1995

All TV Shows (20)

• Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm2026 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Square2012 · as Self
• Menschen bei Maischberger2003 · as Self
• Through the Night with...2002 · as Self
• NDR Kultur – Das Journal2002 · as Self
• TV total1999 · as Self
• The German Bronx1997 · as Feroz
• Nachtstudio1997 · as Self
• SK-Babies1996 · as Bekir
• Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri1995 · as Nominee
• Doppelter Einsatz1994 · as Erdal
• DAS!1991 · as Self
• Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
• NDR Talk Show1979 · as Self
• Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
• 3 nach 91974 · as Self
• Grimme Award1964 · as Self
• German Film Award1951 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self