Hüseyin Tabak was born in Lemgo, Germany in 1981. From 2006 to 2012 he studied directing and screenwriting at the Vienna Film Academy with Michael Haneke. His filmography as a writer-director includes the features Your Beauty is Worth Nothing (2012) and Gipsy Queen (2019) and the documentaries Kick Off (2010) and The Legend of the Ugly King (2017).