---
name: "Fatih Akin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fatih-akin"
fi1m_id: "fatih-akin"
imdb_id: "nm0015359"
tmdb_id: 5125
wikidata_id: "Q77061"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "25 August 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T18:18:10.192222+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fatih Akin

## Identity

Fatih Akin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fatih-akin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fatih-akin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0015359
- **TMDB ID:** 5125
- **Wikidata ID:** Q77061
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Akin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015359/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5125

Producer and director. Born 25 August 1973 in Hamburg, Deutschland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 25 August 1973, Hamburg, Deutschland
- **Also known as:** Fatih Akın
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Akin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015359/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5125

## Coming up

- *Ghost Song* (2026-11-05), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Head-On*](https://film.one/film/head-on.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fatih Akin (also credited as Fatih Akın) is a German-Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born on 25 August 1973 in Hamburg, Germany, to Turkish parents, and studied visual communications at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, graduating in 2000.

Akin is best known for films including *In July* (2000), *Head-On* (2004), *The Edge of Heaven* (2007), *Soul Kitchen* (2009), *In the Fade* (2017), *The Golden Glove* (2019) and *Rhinegold* (2022). *Head-On*, which he also produced, won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. *The Edge of Heaven* received the Best Screenplay award at Cannes, and *In the Fade* won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Head-On* (2004), Fi1m 72, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ghost Song* (2026), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Momo 3000* (2026), Thanks
- *Amrum* (2025), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Hot Girl Summer* (2025), Thanks
- *Rhinegold* (2022), as Peshmerga · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Writer
- *Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash* (2021), Co-Producer
- *30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing* (2019), Director
- *The Golden Glove* (2019), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *In the Fade* (2017), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Goodbye Berlin* (2016), Director, Writer
- *The Cut* (2014), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Polluting Paradise* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer
- *UFO in Her Eyes* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Soul Kitchen* (2009), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Before Your Eyes* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation* (2009), Director
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Chiko* (2008), Producer
- *The Edge of Heaven* (2007), Producer, Screenplay, Director
- *Altyapi* (2007), Director
- *Takva: A Man's Fear of God* (2006), Producer
- *Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul* (2005), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Robbery Alla Turca* (2005), as Lokman
- *German Dream* (2004), as Fatih Akin
- *Ein krasser Deal* (2004), as Bouncer
- *Visions of Europe* (2004), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Kebab Connection* (2004), Screenplay
- *Head-On* (2004), Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/head-on.md)
- *Solino* (2002), Director
- *Planet der Kannibalen* (2001), as Mr. Dark
- *The Lovers of the Hotel Osman* (2001), as Ahmet
- *A Goddamn Job* (2001), as Ex-Gott
- *The Experiment* (2001), as Cab Driver (voice)
- *We Have Forgotten to Return Home* (2001), Director
- *In July* (2000), as Rumänischer Grenzbeamter · Director, Screenplay
- *The Last Flight* (1999), Actor
- *Black Souls* (1999), as Tony
- *Short Sharp Shock* (1998), as Nejo · Director, Writer
- *Back in Trouble* (1997), as Kebab-Fatih
- *Getürkt* (1997), Writer, Director
- *The German Bronx* (1997), series, as Feroz
- *Trickser* (1997), Actor
- *SK-Babies* (1996), series, as Bekir
- *Sensin – Du bist es* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri* (1995), series, as Nominee
- *Doppelter Einsatz* (1994), series, as Erdal
- *Sie ist ein anatolischer Drache*, Director
- *Vögel ohne Flügel*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-3d4f101c0c33.jpg) Fatih Akin — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Fatih_Akin-68626.jpg/1280px-Fatih_Akin-68626.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fatih Akın on the red carpet of the opening gala of the Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-f60322153d14.jpg) Fatih Akın on the red carpet of the opening gala of the Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MKr348212_Fatih_Ak%C4%B1n_%28Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr348212_Fatih_Ak%C4%B1n_%28Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fatih Akın at the 20th Berlinale reception in the North Rhine-Westphalian state representation, Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-e7388c2f997a.jpg) Fatih Akın at the 20th Berlinale reception in the North Rhine-Westphalian state representation, Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MKr24329_Fatih_Ak%C4%B1n_%28NRW-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr24329_Fatih_Ak%C4%B1n_%28NRW-Empfang%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Director Fatih Akin at the closing ceremony for the 2009 Venice Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-3522636755e3.jpg) Director Fatih Akin at the closing ceremony for the 2009 Venice Film Festival — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_%2895%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-fe2239da467f.jpg) Fatih Akin — Image via TMDB
- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-b3b6cb4d4f92.jpg) Fatih Akin — Image via TMDB
- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-eadfb04b563f.jpg) Fatih Akin — Image via TMDB
- ![German-Turkish film director Fatih Akin at the Manaki Brothers Festival in Bitola, North Macedonia, on 17 September 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-293d3c103d09.jpg) German-Turkish film director Fatih Akin at the Manaki Brothers Festival in Bitola, North Macedonia, on 17 September 2019. — Paul Katzenberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Fatih_Akin_in_Bitola.jpg/1280px-Fatih_Akin_in_Bitola.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fatih Akın, open discussion at the screening of Soul Kitchen in Vienna. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-1112db840e7e.jpg) Fatih Akın, open discussion at the screening of Soul Kitchen in Vienna. (2009) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Fatih_Akin%2C_Soul_Kitchen_im_Filmcasino_Wien.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-e84067acac5d.jpg) Fatih Akin — Image via TMDB
- ![Fatih Akin](https://film.one/media/person/3934188/gallery-056cbc23b4bb.jpg) Fatih Akin — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 8 won, 7 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *In the Fade*
- European Film Academy Young Audience Award 2017: European Film Academy Young Audience Award (won), for *Goodbye Berlin*
- Peter-Weiss Prize 2012: Peter-Weiss Prize (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 2010: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Soul Kitchen*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Soul Kitchen*
- Charlemagne Medal for European Media 2008: Charlemagne Medal for European Media (won)
- Best Screenplay Award 2007: Best Screenplay Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Director 2007: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *The Edge of Heaven*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2007: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Edge of Heaven*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2007: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *The Edge of Heaven*
- European Film Award for Best Director 2004: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Head-On*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2004: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Head-On*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2004: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Head-On*
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2004: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (won), for *Head-On*
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2001: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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