Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin | |
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.jpg) Akin in 2023 | |
| Born | 25 August 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse |
Monique Obermüller (m. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
Fatih Akin (
Early life
Akin was born in Hamburg to Turkish parents.[2] He has one brother, Cem Akin, who works as an actor. He attended the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg to study visual communications and graduated in 2000.[3]
Akin has been married to German-Mexican actress Monique Obermüller since 2004. The couple live in Hamburg-Altona, close to where he was raised.[4] They have two children.[5]
Career
Akin made his debut as director of a full-length film as early as 1998 with
His fourth film,
In 2005, he directed a documentary about the Istanbul music scene, Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, which includes musicians such as Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Aynur Doğan and Brenna MacCrimmon. It is narrated by a member of a German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten, Alexander Hacke, who also produced music for Head-On.
In 2007, Akin's
About the comedy Soul Kitchen (2009) he has said he chose this more light-hearted film because he needed a break after making the "tough" films Head-On and The Edge of Heaven before making his next planned film The Devil. "But", he says, "now I feel ready to finish the trilogy".[9]
In 2012, his documentary film Polluting Paradise was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[10][11]
His 2014 film The Cut was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[12][13]
In 2017, Akin's film
Awards
- 1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best New Director
- 2004 Berlin Film Festival
- 2004 European Film Awards, Best Film, Audience Award
- 2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Golden Orange Award, Best Director
- 2007 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director[20]
- 2007 LUX Prize for European Cinema awarded by European Parliament
- Best Screenplay
- 2010 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution in depicting the problems of Turkish-Germans.[21]
- 2018 Golden Globe Award, Best Foreign Language Film
Works
Films
| Year | Title | Notes | Awards |
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| 1995 | Sensin... You're the One! | Short film (German title: Sensin – Du bist es!) | |
| 1996 | Weed | Short film (German title: Getürkt) | |
| 1997 | Back in Trouble | Actor | |
| 1998 | Short Sharp Shock | (German title: Kurz und schmerzlos) | Bronze Leopard at Locarno, Switzerland Pierrot at Bavarian Film Award for the best young director |
| 2000 | In July | Original script | |
| 2001 | Denk ich an Deutschland … – Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren | TV documentary series episode | |
| 2002 | Solino | ||
| 2004 | Head-On | (German title: Gegen die Wand, Turkish title: Duvara karşı) | Berlin Film Festival
"Best Film" and "Audience Award" at European Film Awards |
| 2004 | Visions of Europe | (segment Die bösen alten Lieder, German title: Europäische Visionen) | |
| 2004 | Kebab Connection | Co-writer | |
| 2004 | Hırsız Var | Actor (Lokman) | |
| 2005 | Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul | Documentary | |
| 2007 | The Edge of Heaven | (German title: Auf der anderen Seite, Turkish title: Yaşamın Kıyısında) | Best Director at LUX prize for European cinema by European Parliament
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| 2008 | New York, I Love You | A segment | |
| 2009 | Soul Kitchen | Original script | Special Award of the Jury at Venice International Film Festival |
| 2012 | Polluting Paradise | Documentary (German title: Der Müll im Garten Eden) | |
| 2014 | The Cut | ||
| 2016 | Goodbye Berlin | based on the novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf (German title: Tschick) | |
| 2017 | In the Fade | (German title: Aus dem Nichts) | Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Golden Globe Awards |
| 2019 | The Golden Glove | (German title: Der goldene Handschuh) based on the novel by Heinz Strunk | |
| 2022 | Rhinegold | (German title: Rheingold) based on the autobiography by Xatar | |
| TBA | Amrum | Filming[22] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2025 | Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
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Likeness |
Collaborations
| Actors | Short Sharp Shock | In July | Solino | Head-On | The Edge of Heaven | Soul Kitchen | The Cut |
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| Birol Ünel | |
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References
- ISBN 978-3-643-10895-1, p. 181.
- ^ Kulish, Nicholas (6 January 2008). "A hand that links Germans and Turks". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "Head-On". Golden Apricot International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Director's Portrait: Fatih Akın – The sun is as much mine as the night". www.german-films.de. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "Fatih Akin: Der Regisseur des Rauen".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Edge of Heaven". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- Guardian Unlimited. London. 27 May 2007. Archived from the originalon 1 December 2013.
- ^ "And the LUX Prize for European cinema goes to… "Auf der anderen Seite" ("On the Edge of Heaven")". European Parliament. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "At the Movies: Soul Kitchen Interview". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Polluting Paradise: Cannes Review". Hollywood Reporter. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced". Deadline. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (28 May 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Variety. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Robert (24 August 2017). "Fatih Akin's 'In the Fade' Selected as German Oscar Entry". Variety. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- The Wrap. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- Golden Globes. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Bayerischer Filmpreis: Promis und Porzellan". Max (German magazine) (in German). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "Orden für Riemann und Akin". BZ Berlin (in German). 4 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (22 April 2024). "Fatih Akin's 1945 Drama 'Amrum' Kicks Off Principal Photography With Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke & Diane Kruger". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
Bibliography
- Barbara Kosta, "Transcultural Exchanges: Fatih Akin's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)," in Martinson, Steven D. / Schulz, Renate A. (Eds./hg.), Transcultural German Studies / Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Building Bridges / Brücken bauen (Bern etc., Peter Lang, 2008) (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik, Reihe A: Kongressberichte, 94),
External links
- Fatih Akin at IMDb
- Fatih Akin Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)
- Rocking Istanbul A talk with Daniel Bax on the film "Crossing the Bridge", tour guides and Vikings, music divas and the responsibilities of critical acclaim at signandsight.com