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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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Multi-award-winning, Oscar Shortlisted filmmaker specialising in writing and directing. Experienced practitioner combining auteur vision with production leadership and ethical care.
Ivan’s screen practice is built on a full-spectrum understanding of the filmmaking pipeline—taking projects from concept and development through pre-production, production, post, and outward-facing strategy. That end-to-end experience has shaped a practical, problem-solving directorial style: precise with story and performance, rigorous about logistics, and calm under pressure.
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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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Shamil Aliyev was born on June 26, 1960, in Baku, Azerbaijan. After graduating from Azerbaijan State Institute of Culture in 1989, he had worked as film director in “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio named after C. Cabbarly. His first feature film “Confession” was shot independently. As director he further worked on various national TV channels. Mr. Aliyev was an author and director of several projects on TV. Among them, “Film Media”, “Cinematography”, “Classicists and contemporaries” dedicated to such cinematographers as Alfred Hitchcock, K. Zanussi, Andrei Tarkovski and others.