Ayse Polat, director, screenwriter, Hamburg | Crew United

Known for

Tatort - Borowski und das unschuldige Kind von Wacken
2022-2023
Director
In The Blind Spot
2021-2022
Director, screenwriter, co-producer
En Garde
2003
Director, screenwriter
Lucky Luk
2009-2011
Director, screenwriter, co-producer

Movies as director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	Tatort - Borowski und das unschuldige Kind von Wacken	TV-Movie (Series), NDR [de]	Ayse Polat	Nordfilm GmbH [de]
2021	In The Blind Spot	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Mîtosfilm, Mehmet Aktas & Iacopo Callico GbR [de]
2020	Tatort - Masken	TV-Movie (Series), WDR [de]	Ayse Polat	Zeitsprung Pictures GmbH (formerly Zeitsprung Entertainment GmbH)
2019	Der Staatsanwalt	TV Series, ORF [at], ZDF [de]	Multiple	Novafilm [de]
2018	Der Staatsanwalt	TV Series, ORF [at], ZDF [de]	Multiple	Novafilm [de]
2013	The Heiress	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion [de]
2010	Lucky Luk	Feature Film, ZDF [de]	Ayse Polat	Intervista Digital Media GmbH [de]
2003	En Garde	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Intervista Digital Media GmbH [de]
1998	Auslandstournee	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Neue Mira Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
1996	Gräfin Sophia Hatun	Short Film	Ayse Polat	Ayse Polat Film [de]
1993	Ein Fest für Beyhan	Short Film	Ayse Polat	Martin Rohrbeck Filmproduktion [de]

Movies as screenwriter

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	In The Blind Spot	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Mîtosfilm, Mehmet Aktas & Iacopo Callico GbR [de]
2013	The Heiress	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion [de]
2010	Lucky Luk	Feature Film, ZDF [de]	Ayse Polat	Intervista Digital Media GmbH [de]
2003	En Garde	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Intervista Digital Media GmbH [de]
1998	Auslandstournee	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Neue Mira Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
1996	Gräfin Sophia Hatun	Short Film	Ayse Polat	Ayse Polat Film [de]
1993	Ein Fest für Beyhan	Short Film	Ayse Polat	Martin Rohrbeck Filmproduktion [de]

Movies in other capacities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	In The Blind Spot	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	Mîtosfilm, Mehmet Aktas & Iacopo Callico GbR [de]	co-producer
2013	The Heiress	Feature Film	Ayse Polat	PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion [de]	producer
2009	Lucky Luk	Feature Film, ZDF [de]	Ayse Polat	Intervista Digital Media GmbH [de]	co-producer
1996	Gräfin Sophia Hatun	Short Film	Ayse Polat	Ayse Polat Film [de]	producer

Film awards

Year	Film	Award	Category
2024	In The Blind Spot	German Film Award (Lola) [de]	Best Director	Nominated
2024	In The Blind Spot	German Film Award (Lola) [de]	Best Screenplay	Nominated
2023	In The Blind Spot	Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]	Encounters	Nominated
2023	In The Blind Spot	Bolzano Film Festival Bozen [it]	Preis des Landes Südtirol	Nominated
2023	In The Blind Spot	Istanbul Film Festival [tr]	International Competition	Nominated
2023	In The Blind Spot	Istanbul Film Festival [tr]	National Competition	Nominated
2023	In The Blind Spot	Int. Filmfest Oldenburg [de]	German Independence Award	Winner
2023	In The Blind Spot	Berlin Int. Film Festival (Berlinale) [de]	Amnesty Filmprize	Nominated
2004	En Garde	Locarno Int. Filmfestival [ch]	Bester Film	Winner

Awards

Year	Award
2023	Bester Film- German Independence Award- Int. Filmfest Oldenburg
2023	Bester Film- Izmir Filmfestival
2023	Fipresci Preis Istanbul Filmfestival
2023	Bestes Drehbuch Istanbul Filmfestival
2023	Golden Tulip Award- Bester Film Istanbul Filmfestival
2005	Kritikerpreis für den besten Kinofilm vom Kritikerverband
2004	Otto Sprenger Regiepreis
1994	Förderpreis

Basic data

Nationality	German
Languages	EnglishFrenchTurkish
Immediate working area	Hamburg
2nd residence (if applicable)	Berlin
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Hamburg
Associations	Federal Ass. of Television & Film Directors [de]