Süheyla Schwenk
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Languages
Turkish, German, English
Location
Berlin
Agent
Sigrid Narjes
Tel.: +49 (0)89 599 08 4-0
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Habibi Baba Boom
Per Anhalter zur Ostsee
Jiyan
© ARD/Degeto
© Süheyla Schwenk
2025
PER ANHALTER ZUR OSTSEE
ARD/Degeto
Production: Filmpool Fiction
Writer: Kathi Liers
Director: Süheyla Schwenk
2022 - 2023
HABIBI BABA BOOM
Disney+
Production: Bantry Bay Productions
Writer: Linda Brieda, Patrick Brunken, Kirsten Loose, Christian Neu, Omar El-Saeidi, Sascha Vredenburg
Director: Süheyla Schwenk, Sascha Vredenburg
8 x 30 min
Jupiter Awards - Nominated for Best Series National (2026)
Montreal International Film Festival - Best Cast (2026)
2022
LAMIA
ARD/Degeto
Production: Turbokultur
Writer: Nilgün Akinci, Sarah Kilter
Director: Süheyla Schwenk
6 x 25 min
FEELINGS - SEASON 1
ZDF
Production: Studio Zentral
Writer: Naomi Achternbusch, Sophia Ayissi, Peter Furrer, Johannes Rothe, Riccarda Schemann, Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim
Director: Süheyla Schwenk, Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim
10 x 17 min
2021
ECHT - SEASON 1
ZDF
Production: Studio Zentral
Writer: diverse
Director: Süheyla Schwenk, Janin Halisch, Anna Sofie Hartmann, Sophie Linnenbaum, Jonas Lobgesang, Duc Ngo Ngoc, Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arnim, Melanie Waelde
10 x 25 min
Grimme-Preis - Nominated for Kids & Youth (2022)
HEROES - AUS DEM LEBEN VON COMEDIANS
ZDF
Production: Turbokultur, Neoxfilm, Deutsch-Französische Filmakademie
Writer and Director: Süheyla Schwenk
Episode: Passun meets Kaya Yanar
TARIKS GAME
Production: DFFB, SWR, Arte
Writer and Director: Süheyla Schwenk
Short film
2019
JIYAN
Feature Film
Production: Süheyla Schwenk Produktion, DFFB
Writer and Director: Süheyla Schwenk
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis - Award of the Ecumenical Jury (2020)
Achtung Berlin - Best Director (2020)
Sehsüchte - Best Feature Film (2021)
ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival - Best European Film (2021)
Duhok Film Festival Irak - Best Feature Film (2021)
2016
SEVINCE
Production: Süheyla Schwenk Produktion, DFFB
Writer and Director: Süheyla Schwenk
Medium-length feature film
Kurzfilmfestival Köln - Best Short Film (2015)
Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung FBW - Rated Particularly Valuable (2015)
2015
MERAL, KIZIM
Production: DFFB
Writer and Director: Süheyla Schwenk
Short film
!F Istanbul Independent Film Festival - Audience Award (2016)
Achtung Berlin - Best Short film (2016)
Epinal Film Festival - Audience Award (2016)

Biography

2012 - 2022
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb) - Directing
2017
EICTV Cuba (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión), Dirección de Arte – Exchange Program
2009
Migration from Turkey to Germany
2007 - 2009
Haliç University Istanbul - Acting Master
2003 - 2007
Süleyman Demirel University - Acting Diploma
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