Favori 20 Türk yönetmen listem
by tunayuxel | created - 18 Dec 2016 | updated - 09 Jul 2018 | Public
1. Zeki Demirkubuz
Director | Masumiyet
Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then worked as a street vendor for some time. After the 1980 coup d'état, he was imprisoned without trial for three years at the age of 17 for alleged communist activities and was tortured.
At the time, he was ...
2. Metin Erksan
Director | Kuyu
Born in 1929, Metin Erksan is one of the first Turkish filmmakers who saw cinema as an art form apart from a mass entertaining medium. Having studied art history in Istanbul University and being the brother of a little known director named Cetin Karamanbey, Erksan found himself at a very early age ...
3. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul on January 26th, 1959. In 1976, he began studying chemical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in a context of strong student unrest, boycotts and political polarization. In 1978, he switched courses to Electrical Engineering at Bogazici University. ...
4. Onur Ünlü
Director | Itirazim Var
Onur Ünlü is a Turkish film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Izmit, Turkey in 1973. He studied Communication Arts in Anadolu University. He gained a Master's degree on Communication Studies from Marmara University. He is a poet and a musician at the same time. All of his ...
5. Çagri Vila Lostuvali
Director | Poyraz Karayel
Çagri Vila Lostuvali was born on October 27, 1978 in Edirne, Turkey. He is a director and assistant director, known for For My Son (2015), The Innocents (2020) and Suskunlar (2012).
6. Can Evrenol
Director | Baskin
Born and raised in Istanbul, Evrenol studied Film Studies and Art History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Upon graduating, he has independently written, directed and produced short horror films, which won him several international awards, as well as being officially selected to more than ...
7. Reha Erdem
Director | Hayat Var
Born in Istanbul, Reha Erdem began his studies in History at Bogazici University in Istanbul. He graduated from Cinema Department of Paris 8 University. He obtained his M.A. in Plastic Arts at the same university. He shot his first feature-length film Oh Moon in 1989 as a French-Turkish ...
8. Fatih Akin
Director | Aus dem Nichts
Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg of Turkish parentage. He began studying Visual Communications at Hamburg's College of Fine Arts in 1994. His collaboration with Wueste Film also dates from this time. In 1995, he wrote and directed his first short feature, "Sensin - You're The One!" ("Sensin -...
9. Atif Yilmaz
Director | Bir Yudum Sevgi
Atif Yilmaz Batibeki was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of Istanbul University. Because of his interest in arts, he dropped out of Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of ...
10. Ömer Kavur
Director | Akrebin Yolculugu
Ömer Kavur was born on June 18, 1944 in Ankara, Turkey. He was a director and producer, known for Akrebin Yolculugu (1997), Karsilasma (2003) and Motherland Hotel (1987). He was married to Hümeyra. He died on May 12, 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey.
11. Yilmaz Güney
Writer | Yol
Güney and his work were almost entirely unknown outside of his homeland Turkey until his 1981 escape from imprisonment in Turkey and his "discovery" the following year at the Cannes Film Festival for his autobiographical screenplay for Yol (1982), the festival's grand prize winner. Born in 1937 in ...
12. Özcan Alper
Director | Karanlik Gece
Özcan Alper (b. 1975 Hopa, Artvin) is a Turkish director and screenwriter.
He was born in Hopa district of Artvin. He graduated from Trabzon High School. In 1992, he started at Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. In 1996, he entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters...
13. Yavuz Turgul
Writer | Eskiya
Yavuz Turgul was born in Istanbul, 1946. He worked as journalist for many years. In 1976 he started to write scripts with the support of Ertem Egilmez. His first directing experience came with the movie Fahriye Abla, in 1984. He worked with famous Turkish actor Sener Sen in so many movies. Turgul ...
14. Ferzan Özpetek
Director | La finestra di fronte
He is a Turkish-Italian director, screenwriter and writer. In 1976, he first went to Perugia Foreigners University in Italy, learned Italian for a year, and then transferred to Rome La Sapienza University to study cinema. After completing his education there, he went to Accademia Navona and ...
15. Tolga Karaçelik
Director | Sarmasik
Tolga Karacelik is one of the promising new generation Turkish directors who is known for his own unique style.
After receiving law degree in Turkey he studied film in New York City. He had been writing short stories and poetry.
I addition to writing and directing five short films that have been ...
16. Yesim Ustaoglu
Director | Tereddüt
After making several award - winning shorts in Turkey, Yesim Ustaoglu made her feature film debut with 1994's 'The Trace' (Iz). The film was presented at numerous international festivals, including Moscow and Gotenburg and won the Best Film Award at Istanbul Film Festival. Yesim Ustaoglu received ...
17. Çigdem Vitrinel
Director | Geriye Kalan
Cigdem Vitrinel was born on July 2, 1973 in Karabuk. She has a sister named Sebnem Vitrinel. His parents divorced when he was very young. He graduated from Eskisehir Anadolu University Cinema and Television Department.
She started his career as an assistant director for Mehmet Eryilmaz in ...
18. Ali Atay
Director | Ölümlü Dünya
Ali Atay is a Turkish actor, musician, filmmaker and writer who graduated from Mimar Sinan Theatre Conservatory in 1999. He is well known with his role as Mecnun on television series "Leyla ile Mecnun". In 2013 he has acted in the movie "Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi" which written and directed by Onur ...
19. Ahmet Uluçay
Director | Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak
Ahmet Uluçay was born on December 2, 1954 in Kütahya, Turkey. He was a director and writer, known for Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak (2004), Minyatür Kosmos'da Rüya (1995) and Exorcise (2000). He died on November 30, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.
20. Seyfi Teoman
Director | Bizim Büyük Çaresizligimiz
Seyfi Teoman was born in Kayseri, Turkey in 1977. After studying economics at Bogazici University in Istanbul, he worked as assistant director in various short films and advertisements. He lived in Lodz in Poland for two years, studying film directing at Polish National Film School where his tutor ...
21. Ertem Egilmez
Director | Canim Kardesim
Ertem Egilmez was born on February 18, 1929 in Trabzon, Turkey. He was a director and producer, known for My Dear Brother (1973), Kalbimin Efendisi (1970) and Bir Millet Uyaniyor (1966). He died on September 21, 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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