Ümit Ünal

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Turkish film director and screenplay writer. Born in 1965 in Turkey, Ümit Ünal is the screenplay writer for eight Turkish feature films including “Teyzem” (My Aunt, 1986), “Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen” (My Dreams, My Love and You, 1987). He has published one book of stories and two novels. He has been working as a TV commercials director since 1996. His first feature film as a director is 9 (Nine, 2002). 9 won many awards in various Film Festivals and was the Official Entry of Turkey for the 2003 Foreign Language Film Oscar. He wrote and co-directed his second feature film Istanbul Tales (Anlat Istanbul) in 2004. He currently works as a freelance director/writer, living in Istanbul and London. For his home page go to: http://geocities.com/asyadada

[edit] Feature films

-9 (Nine) (2001)

2002 Istanbul Film Festival- Best Turkish Film, Best Actress- Serra Yilmaz

2002 Ankara Film Festival - Best Screenplay, Best Actor- Fikret Kuskan

-Anlat Istanbul (Istanbul Tales) (2004)

2005 İstanbul Film Festival - Best Turkish Film, Best Actress-Yelda Reynaud

2005 Altın Koza Film Festival - Best Film, Best Editing, Best Director of Photography

2005 Med Film Festival-Rome - Artistic Expression (Original Idea) Award

2006 Bangkok Film Festival - Jury's Special Mention of Excellence

[edit] Screenplays

1986 Teyzem (My Aunt) (Director: Halit Refig) (Milliyet Newspaper Screenplay Competition, First Prize)

1987 Milyarder (Billioner) (Director: Kartal Tibet)

1987 Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love and You) (Director: Atif Yilmaz)

1988 Arkadasim Seytan (The Devil My Friend) (Director: Atif Yilmaz)

1989 Piano Piano Bacaksız (Piano Piano Shorty) (Director: Tunc Basaran)

1992 Berlin in Berlin (Director: Sinan Cetin)

1993 Amerikali (The American) (Director: Serif Goren), Yaz Yagmuru (Summer Rain) (Director: Tomris Giritlioglu)

[edit] Published books

1993 Amerikan Guzeli (American Beauty) (Stories, Oglak Publishing)

1996 Askin Alfabesi (The Alphabet of Love) (Novel, İyi Seyler Publishing)

2001 Kuyruk (The Tail) (Novel, Oglak Publishing)


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