Born in Hamburg in 1973 to Turkish parents, Fatih Akin is the most prominent director of Turkish-German cinema. His early films, such as Short Sharp Shock and In July, were followed by Head-On (2004), a passionate drama about two Turkish Germans who enter a marriage of convenience, which won the Golden Bear. The Edge of Heaven (2007) won the best screenplay prize at Cannes and the LUX Prize. His Soul Kitchen (2009) is a comedy, The Cut (2014) a drama about the Armenian genocide, and In the Fade (2017) won the Golden Globe for best foreign language film.
Filmography
- Head-On (2004)
- The Edge of Heaven (2007)
- Soul Kitchen (2009)
- The Cut (2014)
- In the Fade (2017)