Fatih Akin Filmography

Born:: August 25, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany
Occupation:: Actor, Co-producer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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The Edge of Heaven

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nursel Köse, Nurgul Yesilcay, Hanna Schygulla

Synopsis: The winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, director Fatih Akin's deeply humanistic, multi-layered drama follows the stories of six people -- four Turks and two Germans -- as they realize the meaning of love while facing the harsh realities of the world we live in. Read More

5/21/08
Chiko

Crew: Producer

Actors: Denis Moschitto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volkan Özcan, Reyhan Sahin, Fahri Ogun Yardim

Synopsis: Isa goes by the nickname Chiko, and lives in a Hamburg suburb. Most people might think that means that Chiko is from a privileged background, but the reality is that every day of his life is a struggle. But now, in the dark underbelly of one of the world's richest cities, Chiko vows to get the Read More

2008
A Man's Fear of God

Crew: Producer, Script Supervisor

Actors: Erkan Can, Meray Ülgen, Güven Kiraç, Erman Saban, Duygu Sen, Settar Tanriogen, Salaettin Bilal

Synopsis: A man of faith is rewarded for his devotion, only to find his beliefs challenged by his new prosperity in this drama from Turkish filmmaker Özer Kiziltan. Muharrem (Erkan Can) is a man who lives a simple life devoted to God, determined to live by his laws and fully aware of the consequences of Read More

2006
Head-On

Crew: Co-producer, Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Given Kirac, Meltem Cumbul

Synopsis: German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin writes and directs the drama Gegen die Wand (Head-On). Set in a working-class Hamburg neighborhood, the story follows two Turkish immigrants who get together in a marriage of convenience. Cahit Tomruk (Birol Ünel) is a heavy drinker and a fighter who Read More

1/21/05
Kebab Connection

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner, Given Kirac, Hasan Ali Mete, Adnan Maral

Synopsis: When the owner of a Turkish food stand hires his nephew to film a commercial in hopes of bringing in new business, the competition between the Turkish stand and an adjacent Greek food stand finds family tensions rising in director Anno Saul's darkly comic family drama. Though the aspiring Read More

2005
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Second Unit Camera

Actors: Safiye Ayla, Cem Karaca, Baris Manço, Zeki Müren, Tanju Okan

Synopsis: The rich musical heritage of the Turkish metropolis located between the Orient and the Occident comes to the screen in director Fatih Akin's cinematic tribute to Istanbul's thriving music scene. In bringing both historic and recent expressions of Istanbul's unique legacy of music to the screen in Read More

2005
Die Boesen Alten Lieder

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Idil Uner, F.M. Einheit, Phoebe Scott, Birte Schultz, Sonja Schmid

2004
Solino

Crew: Director

Actors: Barnaby Metschurat, Moritz Bleibtreu, Antonella Attili, Gigi Savoia, Tiziana Lodato

Synopsis: Out of work in 1964, Romano Amato (Gigi Savoia) packs up his young family and heads to Duisburg, Germany, in hopes for a better future for them. Shortly after arriving, Romano takes a job mining coal but quickly loses interest in that endeavor. His wife, Rosa, (Antonella Attili) takes matters into Read More

2002
In July

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Uner, Jochen Nickel

Synopsis: A man who has never been lucky in love thinks his fortune may have changed, only to find his life becoming all the more complicated in this nomadic romantic comedy. Daniel (Moritz Blebitreu) is a shy schoolteacher who is often unsure around women, but when he meets Melek (Idil Under), a beautiful Read More

2000
Kismet

Actors: Steffen Wink, Fatih Akin, Jule Ronstedt, Axel Milberg, Lilo Wanders

Synopsis: This tense German drama concerns Jan (Steffan Wink), a law student who works in his spare time as an assistant for a judge. One night, he tells his girlfriend Christine (Jule Ronstedt) that he no longer loves her and storms out, ending up in a park. He hears a woman scream and moments later Read More

1999
Kurz und Schmerzlos

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mehmet Kurtulus, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Adam Bousdoukos, Regula Grauwiller, Idil Uner

Synopsis: German-born Turk Faith Akin directed this German crime drama about three friends in Hamburg. Released from prison, Turk Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtulus) is ready for a new start on life. Greek Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) goes with Gabriel's sister Ceyda (Idil Uner). Serb Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanovic) annoys Read More

1998