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Fatih Akin
Born August 25, 1973 in Hamburg, Deutschland25 films
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).
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First watchHead-On20047.5With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an…View filmEssential films
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25 films as director- TBASie ist ein anatolischer DracheDirector
- TBAVögel ohne FlügelDirector
- 2026Ghost SongDirector
- 2025AmrumDirector
- 2022RhinegoldDirector
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
- 2019The Golden GloveDirector
- 2017In the FadeDirector
- 2016Goodbye BerlinDirector
- 2014The CutDirector
- 2012Polluting ParadiseDirector
- 2009Soul KitchenDirector
- 2009Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the NationDirector
- 2008New York, I Love YouDirector
- 2007The Edge of HeavenDirector
- 2007AltyapiDirector
- 2005Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of IstanbulDirector
- 2004Visions of EuropeDirector
- 2004Head-OnDirector
- 2002SolinoDirector
- 2001We Have Forgotten to Return HomeDirector
- 2000In JulyDirector
- 1998Short Sharp ShockDirector
- 1997GetürktDirector
- 1995Sensin – Du bist esDirector