Akın Çakır was born in 1973 in Antalya. He has worked in many sectors vhere visual facts afe involved. After high school he realized the power of “the third eye.” For three years he has worked in advertisement, fashion and product photography. He started to work as a cameraman and director of photography. Between 1994 and 1998 he worked as a cameraman and director of photography of many documantaries, programs and introductry films at a well-known agency.

While he was working as a cameraman at TV8 during 1998-2004 he met steadicam which was new to the sector. Since June 2004 he has been working in many branches of the sector (programs, documentaries, video clips, commercials, movies) as a free-lance the full fill the expectations of the director of the project.