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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Yellow Letters
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2026
Yellow Letters
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2026
The Teachers' Lounge
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
The Teachers' Lounge
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2023
Blurred Lines
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Role: Story
MOVIE • 2019
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Zeitraum
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2014
Zeitraum
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Zeitraum
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2014
Where We Are
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Fidelity
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Old School
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013
When Namibia Was a City...
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
When Namibia Was a City...
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2010
When Namibia Was a City...
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2010
Ayda
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2008
Ayda
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2008