Director
İlker Çatak
January 11, 1984 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Özer Arslan
3 titles together
I Was, I Am, I Will Be, Blurred Lines, Fidelity
Katharina Behrens
3 titles together
I Was, I Am, I Will Be, Blurred Lines, Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
Özgür Karadeniz
2 titles together
The Teachers' Lounge, I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Axel Milberg
2 titles together
Scene of the Crime, Borowski und der gute Mensch
Oğulcan Arman Uslu
2 titles together
I Was, I Am, I Will Be, Blurred Lines
Godehard Giese
2 titles together
I Was, I Am, I Will Be, Blurred Lines
Full filmography · 14
Home Entertainment
cast
2026
Yellow Letters
Director and Writer
20267.3
The Teachers' Lounge
Director
20237.2
Borowski und der gute Mensch
Director
2021
Blurred Lines
Director
2021
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Director and Writer
20196.2
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
Director
2017
Zeitraum
Writer and Director
2014
Fidelity
Director
2014
Where We Are
Director
2014
Old School
Director
2013
When Namibia Was a City...
Director and Writer
2010