- Semih Kaplanoğlu
Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 1963 in
İzmir ,Turkey ) is a Turkishplaywright ,film director and producer.He graduated from the Cinema and Television Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the
Dokuz Eylül University in his hometown. In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved toIstanbul and worked couple of years as acopywriter for advertising companies like Güzel Sanatlar,Saatchi & Saatchi andYoung & Rubicam .Career
He switched over to cinema to become an assistant cameraman for two award-winning documentary films. Later, Kaplanoğlu wrote the script and directed a
television series with 52 episodes, which became successful at the channelsShow TV and InterStar.The first film he directed, "Herkes Kendi Evinde" ("Away From Home") won many awards participating at international film festivals. Kaplanoğlu's second feature film "Meleğin Düşüşü" ("Fall of Angel") premiered at the 2006
Berlin International Film Festival and found wide interest by international film critics and audience. His latest film "Yumurta" ("Egg") brought many international awards for best film, best director, best screenplay.Besides his main pursuits in cinema, Semih Kaplanoğlu wrote between 1987 and 2003 articles on
plastic arts and cinema, which were published in arts periodicals and also translated into foreign languages. In the years from 1996 through 2000, he had a column named "Karşılaşmalar" in the daily newspaper "Radikal".He founded his own film production company Kaplan Film. Its first feature film "Egg" was a co-production with
Greece . Currently, Kaplanoğlu is working on the film "Süt" ("Milk"), which with "Yumurta" ("Egg") and the film "Bal" ("Honey") to be produced in 2008, will form atrilogy called "Yusuf Üçlemesi" ("Yusuf's Trilogy"), named after the main character Yusuf of the films.Filmography
Director
* "Şehnaz Tango" (TV series)
* "Herkes Kendi Evinde" ("Away From Home") (2001)
* "Meleğin Düşüşü" (aka _gr. Ekptotos angelos) (2005)
* "Yumurta" (Egg) (2007)creenwriter
* "Şehnaz Tango" (TV series)
* "Meleğin Düşüşü" (2004)
* "Yumurta" ("Egg") (2007)Producer
* "Yumurta" ("Egg") (2007)
Editor
* "Yumurta" ("Egg") (2007)
Awards
* 2001
Ankara International Film Festival - Best Film for "Herkes Kendi Evinde"
* 2001Istanbul International Film Festival - Best Turkish Film of the Year for "Herkes Kendi Evinde" (tied with "Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar" (2000))
* 2002Singapore International Film Festival - Silver Screen Award for Best Director with "Herkes Kendi Evinde"
* 2005Istanbul International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize for "Meleğin Düşüşü"
* 2005 Nantes Three Continents Festival - Golden Montgolfiere for "Meleğin Düşüşü"
* 2006 Nuremberg Film Festival "Turkey-Germany" - Prize of the Young Filmmakers for "Meleğin Düşüşü"
* 2007Valdivia International Film Festival - Best Director for "Egg"
*2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - Best Picture, Best Screenplay, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Picture for "Egg"
* 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok - Best Director (Harvest of Talents competition) for "Egg"External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969427/ International Movie Database]
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