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He was born on October 13, 1950 in Izmir. Turkish actor, director, art director and writer. In 1971, he entered Ankara State Conservatory Theatre Department with a level exam. He graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Graduate Programme in 1977. He worked in the State Theatres first as an actor, then as a director, and later he served as the deputy general director and the general director. The plays he directed have been invited to festivals in Russia, Canada, South Korea, Iran and Northern Cyprus. He is still a director at the State Theatres and is the founder and first president of the State Theatres, Opera and Ballet Employees Foundation (TOBAV) and Theatre Actors Professional Union (TOMEB).
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Bachelor΄s Degree in Economics, Law School, University of Athens.
Graduate of E. Hatzikou Drama and Film School.
Theatre Studies at NYU and HB Studio in New York.
She has been acting on Stage and Television for more than 30 years.
She established “ELIART”, an independent theater in Athens.
Since 2000 she directs and produces documentaries mostly about human rights issues and received numerous international awards. She has filmed in “difficult” areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, etc.
Selected filmography:
“Qadir, an Afghan Ulysses “, “Playing with Fire”, “The Nymphs of Hindu Kush”, “After the Tsunami – Sumatra”, “Europe, the Dream”
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Born in Cyprus in 1951, he discovered cinema during his studies in Athens. He produced documentaries and features in Cyprus, a small country with extremely difficult conditions for filmmakers. In his films there is the motif of people, who come into conflict with intolerance and fanaticism. He worked with Turkish Cypriot actors and directors despite there having been at the time no connection between the two parts of the divided island. His films, being critical of nationalism, were harshly attacked on both sides of the island and some of them were banned for a period of time. He worked as a photographer, writer and as manager of an art cinema. He organised film events in Nicosia, where Greek, Turkish and Cypriot filmmakers came together and presented their films
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He is an academician and director, born on March 14, 1981 in Alanya. He graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University Radio, TV and Cinema Department. He made many short films and won awards. He is the producer and director of the documentary ‘Famagusta’. He worked as an assistant to Ülkü Erakalın, the veteran director of Yeşilçam Cinema, and he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director in the movie ‘A Love to Scream’. Later, he started to work with Producer-Director Derviş Zaim, who has many national and international awards. He is still continuing his doctorate program and giving lectures on cinema, short films, documentaries and photography at different universities. He continues short film and documentary projects. He has served as a jury member at national and international film festivals and has taken part in festival committees.
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He was born on October 13, 1950 in Izmir. Turkish actor, director, art director and writer. In 1971, he entered Ankara State Conservatory Theatre Department with a level exam. He graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Graduate Programme in 1977. He worked in the State Theatres first as an actor, then as a director, and later he served as the deputy general director and the general director. The plays he directed have been invited to festivals in Russia, Canada, South Korea, Iran and Northern Cyprus. He is still a director at the State Theatres and is the founder and first president of the State Theatres, Opera and Ballet Employees Foundation (TOBAV) and Theatre Actors Professional Union (TOMEB).