İlker Çatak

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1984-01-11 (40 years old)

Place of Birth Berlin, Germany

Also Known As Ilker Catak, Ількер Чатак

İlker Çatak

Biography

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

Director

Yellow Letters

as Director

2023
2021
Blurred Lines

as Director

2019
2014
Zeitraum

as Director

2014
Where We Are

as Director

2014
Fidelity

as Director

2013
Old School

as Director

2008
Between Borders

as Director

2008
Ayda

as Director

2007
Mehrzahl Heimat

as Director

2006
Fast Fiktion

as Director

2005
One Day in Europe

as Third Assistant Director

2005
Eskimo Frosch

as Director

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Director

Writer

Yellow Letters

as Writer

2023
The Teachers' Lounge

as Screenplay

2014
Zeitraum

as Writer

2008
Ayda

as Writer

2008
Between Borders

as Writer

2007
Mehrzahl Heimat

as Writer

2006
Fast Fiktion

as Writer

2005
Eskimo Frosch

as Writer

Producer

2014
Zeitraum

as Producer

2008
Between Borders

as Producer

2008
Ayda

as Producer

2007
Mehrzahl Heimat

as Producer

2006
Fast Fiktion

as Producer

2005
Æon Flux

as Production Assistant

Editor

2008
Ayda

as Editor

2005
Eskimo Frosch

as Editor

Camera

2008
Ayda

as Director of Photography

Crew

2007
Fay Grim

as Set Runner