Haluk Piyes

Haluk " Luk " Piyes ( born March 30, 1975 in Cologne ) is a German -Turkish actor, director and filmmaker.

Life

His family comes from Adana in Turkey. With 7 years Piyes started with boxing and finally made it to the German youth champion. He began to study law, but worked as a volunteer outreach worker. Together with the Cologne Niehler guard, he founded the Initiative " Midnight football and basketball ."

Piyes won the 1995 competition " Face of the Year", worked as a presenter and moved, inter alia, for Gaultier on the catwalk. Since 1995 he has worked as an actor. Since the study at a directors and screenwriters school in Los Angeles where he has a second residence in addition to Cologne. In Lars Becker's cult film Kanak Attack, he played the proud " wogs " Ertan Ongun, and was then hailed as a revelation of the year 2000.

In recent years Piyes plays increasingly also in Turkish productions, 2007, for example a boxer in the television series Pusat Osman Sinav. 2008 Piyes has starred in his first feature film as a director.

Filmography

Awards

• 2001 Orange D'or, Turkey "Best Picture": Summer love
• 2004 Silver Leopard, Locarno "Best Picture": En Garde
• 2008 International Film Festival Bucharest " Best Film", " Asylum"