who?

I went to Saint Joseph French College for Boys.

In 1992, I attended Marmara University Film TV Dept. in Istanbul. I made three short films during four years.
My first short "The Watchman" won 3rd Prize in 5th Ankara National Video Festival in 1993.
The next year the Turkish Ministry of Culture sponsored my script "The Tree". The film has been a great success in 1995: "The Tree" had "Best Film" awards in three major national film festivals in Turkey.

In late 1994, I began to work in advertising films market with IFR as assistant director. I also edited several ads and music videos on Avid and supervised computer graphics on Flame. In June 1995, I made my first 35 mm. short film co-produced by myself, Yonca Erturk and IFR: "I want to Fly". The film has been screened for three weeks in Beyoglu Theater-Istanbul and in KinoTraumstern/Lich Germany. I graduated with this film in 1995.

Between 1999 and 2006, I worked at Istanbul Bilgi University Film TV Department as a full time lecturer.

"Simulacra" my short film is awarded in 24th Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2002, 1st AFM Independent Film Festival and 4th Cine5 National Short Film Competition and had the "Best Digital" award in Kinofilm's Manchester International Short Film Festival

in 2005 I translated world famous editor Walter Murch's "In The Blink of An Eye" into Turkish. The book is published by Bilgi Publications.

Bored with low academic standarts of Turkey, I quit teaching in February 2006 in order to pursue my career in filmmaking. I directed a TV pilot named "Ecinniler"

In 2006 I edited a 104 min. feature film "Gen" directed by Togan Gokbakar produced by Tiglon. I had "The Best Editing" award with this film in 13. Adana National Film Festival.

I still work as a freelance director for advertising films in İstanbul.

in 2007 I finished writing my first book named "Digital Video and Cinema" containing more than 400 original graphics and photographs and covering basics of filmmaking in this new digital era. It is published by Pusula.