Fatih Akin

Biography

Fatih Akin is a German and Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer born on August 25, 1973, in Hamburg, West Germany to Turkish parents. He graduated from the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg with a degree in visual communications in 2000. Akin made his debut as a full-length film director in 1998 with Short Sharp Shock, which won several awards, including the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director. He has since directed feature films such as In July (Im Juli), We forgot to go back (Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren), Solino', Head-On (Gegen die Wand), The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen, Polluting Paradise, and The Cut, among others. Akin's films have won numerous awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On, Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade.