| 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.
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]
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.
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.
| Year | Title | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Writer | width=65 | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Toyotafahrer leben länger | Short film | ||||||
| 2005 | Season Greetings | Short film | ||||||
| 2006 | Where Is Fred? | |||||||
| 2008 | Eine wie keiner | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2013 | Fack ju Göhte | |||||||
| 2015 | Fack ju Göhte 2 | |||||||
| 2017 | Fack ju Göhte 3 | |||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Chantal im Märchenland | |||||||
| Year | Title | width=65 | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten | 1 episode | ||
| 2004 | Meine schönsten Jahre | 1 episode | ||
| 2004–2005 | Schulmädchen | 7 episodes; also co-creator | ||
| 2006–2008 | Türkisch für Anfänger | 43 episodes; also creator | ||
| 2007–2008 | Doctor's Diary | 24 episodes; also creator | ||
| 2010 | Television film | |||