Bora Dağtekin Explained

Bora Dagtekin
Birth Date:27 October 1978
Birth Place:Hanover, West Germany
Occupation:Screenwriter, film director
Yearsactive:1994 - present

Bora Dagtekin (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.

Early life

Dagtekin 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

Dagtekin 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 and a spin-off.

Personal life

Dagtekin 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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitlewidth=65 Directorwidth=65 Writerwidth=65 ProducerNotes
2003Toyotafahrer leben längerShort film
2005Season GreetingsShort film
2006Where Is Fred?
2008Eine wie keiner
2012
2013Fack ju Göhte
2015Fack ju Göhte 2
2017Fack ju Göhte 3
2019
2024Chantal im Märchenland

Writer

YearTitlewidth=65 WriterNotes
2001Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten1 episode
2004 Meine schönsten Jahre1 episode
2004–2005Schulmädchen7 episodes; also co-creator
2006–2008Türkisch für Anfänger43 episodes; also creator
2007–2008Doctor's Diary24 episodes; also creator
2010Television film

Awards

Notes and References

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