Born in
Isparta in 1964. He has graduated from the Department of Communications at
Istanbul University. He began his film career as an assistant to director Zeki
Ökten in 1986 and worked as assistant director until making "Block
C", his first feature film, in 1994. His following films, “Innocence”
(1997) and “The Third Page” (1999) won many awards. He directed FATE and
CONFESSION, the first two films of his “Tales About Darkness” trilogy, in
2001.
Last year, both Fate and Confession were shown at the sidebar competition at the Cannes Film Festival, marking the first time ever two features by the same director were screened in one year.
Filmography:
1994
C Blok / Block C
1997
Masumiyet / Innocence
1999
Üçüncü Sayfa / The Third Page
2001
Yazgı / Fate
İtiraf / Confession