Luk Piyes

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

Life

His family comes from Kırşehir in Turkey . At the age of 7, Piyes started boxing and eventually made it to German youth champion. He started to study law, but worked as a volunteer street worker . Together with the Niehler Wache in Cologne, he founded the "Midnight Foot- and Basketball" initiative.

Piyes won the "Face of the Year" competition in 1995, worked as a presenter and moved a. a. for Gaultier on the catwalk. He has been an actor since 1995. Since studying at a directing and scriptwriting school in Los Angeles , he has had a second residence there in addition to Cologne . In Lars Becker's cult film Kanak Attack , he played the proud "Kanak" Ertan Ongun, and was then celebrated as the discovery of the year 2000.

In recent years, Piyes has also played more and more in Turkish productions, for example a boxer in the television series Pusat by Osman Sinav in 2007 . In 2008 Piyes shot his first feature film as a director.

Filmography

• 1995: Lots of Life (TV), directed by Gloria Behrens
• 1996: Roys Welten (short film), director: Buket Alakuş
• 1997: Die Mädchenfalle - Death comes online (TV), directed by Peter – lly Huemer
• 1997: Die Wache (TV), director: Bernd Fiedler
• 1997: The Scream of Love (TV), director: Jürgen Prochnow
• 1999: Zwei (short film), directed by Pavel Kocambasi
• 1999: Honigmund (short film), director: Pavel Kocambasi
• 2000: Kanak Attack (cinema), director: Lars Becker
• 2001: O da beni Seviyor - summer love (O da beni Seviyor) (cinema), director: Baris Pirhasan
• 2001: Calling Scorsese (short film), directed by Luk Piyes
• 2002: The Cosmonaut's Letter (cinema), director: Vladimir Torbica
• 2003: The class from '99 - School was yesterday, life is now (cinema), directed by Marco Petry
• 2004: En Garde (cinema), director: Ayşe Polat
• 2005: The Stoning (cinema), director: Harald Franklin
• 2005: Porn! Melo! Drama! (Cinema), director: Heesook's son Luk
• 2005: Eylül (TV), director: Veli Celik
• 2006: Asyl (cinema), directed by Reis Celik
• 2006: Sahte Prenses (TV), directed by Filiz Kaynak
• 2007: Pars-Kiraz (cinema), director: Osman Sinav
• 2007: PUSAT - Zafere giden yolda cekilen cile kutsaldir (series), directed by Osman Sinav
• 2008: Aynadaki Düşman (TV)
• 2009: Kanımdaki Barut (cinema) Director: Haluk Piyes
• 2010: Umut Yolculari (series)
• 2012: MUCK - Müzik Umutlari Cesaret Kanatlariydi (series)
• 2013: Firuze - As Demir
• 2014: Once Hans with hot sauce (cinema), director: Buket Alakuş
• 2015: a fish called love
• 2015: Bizim Hikaye (film)
• 2016: Wilsberg: Murder and Concrete
• 2016: Ates (film)

Awards

• 2001 Orange d'or, Turkey “Best Film”: Summer Love
• 2004 Silver Leopard , Locarno “Best Film”: En Garde
• 2008 International Film Fest Bucharest "Best Film": "Asyl"

Web links

• Luk Piyes in the Internet Movie Database (English)