Sinan AkkuÅŸ (born December 17, 1971) is a Turkish-German director,
writer and actor.Sinan AkkuÅŸ was born in Turkey. As a child he moved
to Germany in 1973. After graduating from high school in Kassel, he
studied philosophy, German language and literature from 1992 to 1994.
In 1994 he also began studying visual communication with a focus on
film and television. In addition, AkkuÅŸ worked for the film and
television production company kigali-films, where he was involved in
camera work, editing and conception of corporate videos. In 1995 he
attended the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión as an
exchange student in Cuba. In 2000 he graduated from the
Kunsthochschule Kassel with a focus on film and television.Afterwards,
AkkuÅŸ made a few short films, which received several awards and
honours. His short film Lassie (2002), for example, received the
rating especially worthwhile from the German Deutsche Film- und
Medienbewertung (FBW). His feature film debut Evet, ich will! (2008)
also received this rating. In this Culture clash - comedy, AkkuÅŸ
takes on the subject of marriage among and by ethnic Turks in Germany
and the associated difficulties. The film received the audience award
Lüdia at the Kinofest Lünen in November 2008 and was released in
German cinemas on 1 October 2009.
writer and actor.Sinan AkkuÅŸ was born in Turkey. As a child he moved
to Germany in 1973. After graduating from high school in Kassel, he
studied philosophy, German language and literature from 1992 to 1994.
In 1994 he also began studying visual communication with a focus on
film and television. In addition, AkkuÅŸ worked for the film and
television production company kigali-films, where he was involved in
camera work, editing and conception of corporate videos. In 1995 he
attended the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión as an
exchange student in Cuba. In 2000 he graduated from the
Kunsthochschule Kassel with a focus on film and television.Afterwards,
AkkuÅŸ made a few short films, which received several awards and
honours. His short film Lassie (2002), for example, received the
rating especially worthwhile from the German Deutsche Film- und
Medienbewertung (FBW). His feature film debut Evet, ich will! (2008)
also received this rating. In this Culture clash - comedy, AkkuÅŸ
takes on the subject of marriage among and by ethnic Turks in Germany
and the associated difficulties. The film received the audience award
Lüdia at the Kinofest Lünen in November 2008 and was released in
German cinemas on 1 October 2009.
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