İlker Çatak

Directing·Jan 11, 1984·Berlin, Germany

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İlker Çatak (born 11 January 1984; Berlin) is a Turkish-German director. İlker Çatak was born in Berlin in 1984 and later lived in Istanbul where he completed high school. İlker studied Film Directing in Berlin and Hamburg, graduating in 2014 at Hamburg Media School. His graduation film SADAKAT received many international awards before winning the Student Academy Award in Gold in 2015. İlker’s first feature film, ONCE UPON A TIME INDIANERLAND debuted in 2017 and is an adaptation of the award-winning youth novel ‘Es war einmal Indianerland’ by Nils Mohl. İlker’s second feature film I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE (2019) received the Bronze Lola at the German Film Awards. His feature film STAMBUL GARDEN was released in Germany in autumn 2021 and also selected at the German Film Awards. İlker’s other projects include directing an episode on the TV show TATORT. His latest film THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE will have its world premiere at the 73. Berlin Film Festival and hit theatres in May 2023.

Film	Credit
Home Entertainment2026 · Actor	Actor
Yellow Letters2026 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Teachers' Lounge2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Borowski und der gute Mensch2021 · Director	Director
Blurred Lines2021 · Director	Director
I Was, I Am, I Will Be2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country2017 · Director	Director
Zeitraum2014 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Where We Are2014 · Director	Director
Fidelity2014 · Director	Director
Old School2013 · Director	Director
When Namibia Was a City...2010 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
AAyda2008 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
BBetween Borders2008 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
MMehrzahl Heimat2007 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
FFast Fiktion2006 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
EEskimo Frosch2005 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
FFleshDirector	Director