Bora Dağtekin

Bora Dağtekin (born 27 October 1978) is a German screenwriter and film director who has directed several of the most successful German-language films, notably Fack ju Göhte.

Bora Dağtekin
Born (1978-10-27) 27 October 1978
Hanover, Germany
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Years active1994present

Early life

Dağtekin was born and raised in Hanover to a German mother and a Turkish father and moved to Ludwigsburg to study screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, graduating in 2006. His thesis screenplay was an retelling of the classic German play The Robbers as an action film.[1]

Career

Dağtekin worked as a writer in the advertising industry before finding employment as a writer for various German television series, among them the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. His directorial debut was Türkisch für Anfänger (2006–2009); he also wrote and directed a feature-length film with the same name in 2012.[2]

His biggest success was the 2013 film Fack ju Göhte, which was the fourth-most successful German film ever as measured by audience numbers and spawned a movie franchise with two sequels as well as a musical.

Personal life

Dağtekin is known to keep his private life out of the public eye.[3] He has stated in interviews that his films are unapologetically commercial rather than artistic and that this is a reflection of his personal taste, as he does not enjoy the more experimental style of art films.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2003 Toyotafahrer leben länger No Yes No Short film
2005 Season Greetings No Yes No Short film
2006 Where Is Fred? No Yes No
2008 Eine wie keiner No Yes No
2012 Turkish for Beginners Yes Yes No
2013 Fack ju Göhte Yes Yes Co-producer
2015 Fack ju Göhte 2 Yes Yes Yes
2017 Fack ju Göhte 3 Yes Yes Yes
2019 Das perfekte Geheimnis Yes Yes Yes

Writer

Year Title Writer Notes
2001 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten Yes 1 episode
2004 Meine schönsten Jahre Yes 1 episode
2004–2005 Schulmädchen Yes 7 episodes; also co-creator
2006–2008 Türkisch für Anfänger Yes 43 episodes; also creator
2007–2008 Doctor's Diary Yes 24 episodes; also creator
2010 Undercover Love Yes Television film

Awards

  • 2006: Deutscher Fernsehpreis (Türkisch für Anfänger for best series)
  • 2007: Adolf-Grimme-Preis
  • 2007: Civis Media Prize
  • 2008: BANFF World Television Award
  • 2008: Deutscher Fernsehpreis (Doctor's Diary as the best series)
  • 2008: Deutscher Comedypreis (Doctor's Diary as the best comedy-series)
  • 2009: Adolf-Grimme-Preis (Doctor's Diary)
  • 2009: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (Doctor's Diary)
  • 2009: Winner TV Festival Monte Carlo (Türkisch für Anfänger)

References

  1. Mühling, Jens; Lippitz, Ulf. "Ich bin ein Kommerzschwein". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. "Starportät Bora Dagtekin". Gala.de.
  3. "Bora Dagtekin | Steckbrief, Bilder und News".


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