İlker Çatak
Directing
- Born
- January 11, 1984 (age 42) · Berlin, Germany
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.
Known for
Æon Flux
November 30, 2005
The Teachers' Lounge
May 4, 2023
Fay Grim
May 18, 2007
Yellow Letters
March 5, 2026
One Day in Europe
April 1, 2005
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
August 1, 2019
Blurred Lines
September 2, 2021
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
October 19, 2017
Fidelity
January 1, 2014
Borowski und der gute Mensch
October 3, 2021
When Namibia Was a City...
January 1, 2010
Zeitraum
March 27, 2014
Behind the camera21
- 2026Yellow Letters Director, Writer
- 2023The Teachers' Lounge Director, Screenplay
- 2021Borowski und der gute Mensch Director
- 2021Blurred Lines Director
- 2019I Was, I Am, I Will Be Director, Story, Writer
- 2017Once Upon a Time in Indian Country Director
- 2014Zeitraum Writer, Director, Producer
- 2014Where We Are Director
- 2014Fidelity Director
- 2013Old School