Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017).

25 August 1973

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898) • Camille Pin • Charles Richet • Charlie Sanders • Darrell Johnson • Debbie Graham • Derek Sherinian • Eric Millegan • Faustina Kowalska • Florian Mohr • Giridharilal Kedia • Hans Krebs (biochemist) • Jonathan Togo • Jung Jung-suk • Karl Friedrich Bahrdt • Olga Konkova • Rebeka Jančová • Ruby Keeler • Steve Levy (politician) • Van Johnson • Velimir Jovanović • Vivian Campbell • Walt Kelly

Born in the same month (August 1973): Carmine Giovinazzo • Eurelijus Žukauskas • Eva Amaral • Howie Dorough • Kevin Muscat • Marek Penksa • Mark Wills • Richard Evatt • Roy Rogers (basketball) • Shane Lee • Steve McKenna