Ismail Sahin

Ismail Sahin is of Turkish descent and was born on December 12, 1975, in Stockach, south Germany. His first short movie "Hakim" which he produced and directed himself in Africa, Tanzania was internationally very successful and got him several Awards such as the UNICEF Award and the Humanitarian Award, just to mention a few. Together with Oona-Devi Liebich, he wrote the screenplay for their debut film "Nicht schon wieder Rudi" ("Oh no not Rudy again"), a film about friendship and alzheimer's disease which they was nominated for "Best Director"" with the "New Faces Award". In addition to working as a primetime director for German and Turkish TV productions, Ismail creates his own original TV-shows focusing on an international audience.