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Süheyla Schwenk

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Süheyla Schwenk, born in Sweden and raised in Turkey, is an award-winning film director and screenwriter. From 2012 to 2022 she studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). Before that, she studied acting in Turkey, graduating with a master's degree. She completed an exchange degree at Eictv Cuba.
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Jiyan (2019)
    Jiyan
    6.1
    • Director
    • 2019
    Sevince (2017)
    Sevince
    Short
    • Director
    • 2017
    Meral, Kizim (2016)
    Meral, Kizim
    6.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Arazay Zink Campis, Laila Mascher, and Aleyna Kus in Echt (2021)
    Echt
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Husam Chadat, Vincent Redetzki, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen, Tokesa Konxheli, and Omar El-Saeidi in Habibi Baba Boom (2025)
      Habibi Baba Boom
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Anja Kling, Maïmouna Mbacke, and Franziska Wulf in Per Anhalter zur Ostsee (2025)
      Per Anhalter zur Ostsee
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Victor Kadam, Anouk Nadler, and Maximilian Krappatsch in Feelings (2023)
      Feelings
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Arazay Zink Campis, Laila Mascher, and Aleyna Kus in Echt (2021)
      Echt
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Du bist anders (2021)
      Du bist anders
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Heroes: aus dem Leben von Comedians
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Jiyan (2019)
      Jiyan
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Sevince (2017)
      Sevince
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Meral, Kizim (2016)
      Meral, Kizim
      6.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Cannot Be Trapped!
      6.6
      • Director (segment "Meral, kizim")
      • 2015

    Writer

    • Polizeiakademie (2024)
      Polizeiakademie
      5.5
      • co-author
      • 2024
    • Du bist anders (2021)
      Du bist anders
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Heroes: aus dem Leben von Comedians
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021
    • Jiyan (2019)
      Jiyan
      6.1
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Sevince (2017)
      Sevince
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Meral, Kizim (2016)
      Meral, Kizim
      6.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Cannot Be Trapped!
      6.6
      • Writer (segment "Meral, kizim")
      • 2015

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Summer Outside (2012)
      Summer Outside
      6.1
      • third assistant director
      • 2012

    Personal details

    • Born
      • 1985
      • Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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