Sabri Kalic

Sabri Kaliç, born on May 19, 1966 in İzmir, Turkey is a Turkish film director, experimental film producer and writer.

After receiving his BA in film directing from the Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi in İzmir, he moved to Istanbul in 1992. Having served acclaimed Turkish film director Sinan Çetin as an assistant for a while, he made his TV film debut with Midnight Hitchhiker in 1995. Kalic is mostly known with his experimental films and videos having their unique style.

Filmography

• A Fassbinder Lie - 1987 (1/24 second {1 frame!}, 16 mm., b/w)^[1]
• PO"y"EM - 1987 (4 seconds, 16 mm., b/w)^[1]
• Not The Longest Film You Will Ever See, But... - 1987 (1 second, 16 mm., b/w)^[1]
• 59" - 1987 (59 seconds, 16 mm., b/w)^[1]
• Bolero - 1990 (17 min., VHS, color)^[1]
• Das ist Eine Video-Kunst - 1991 (13 min., VHS, color)^[1]
• Keine Kunst Bitte - 1991 (9 min., VHS, color)^[1]
• Douche Opera - 1992 (5 min., VHS, color)^[1]
• Midnight Hitchhiker - 1995 (87 min, BETACAM, color)
• The Spider Web - 1998 (92 min., BETACAM, color)
• Sabri Kaliç : CV- 2000 (27 min., BETACAM, color)
• Midnight Stories - 2000 (85 min., BETACAM, color)
• Non - 2002 (no color, no format)^[2]
• Stories From Beyond - 2005 (62 min., BETACAM, color)
• Stories From Beyond -II - 2005 (59 min., BETACAM, color)

Jury memberships

• IFSAK Short Film Festival - 1995
• Orhon Murat Ariburnu Short Film Festival - 2000
• 3. Yildiz University Short Film Festival - 2006

Awards

• 1987 Ankara Film Festival Invitation
• 1992 Adana Student Films Festival Invitation
• 1992 A Concise History Of Experimental Film - Turkish Ministry of Culture "Cinema Book of the Year" Award
• 1996 Moths Towards The Fire - Turkish Ministry of Culture "Script of the Year" Award
• 1996 Spaghetti With Yogurt - Orhon Murat Arıburnu "Best Film Story" Award
• 2005 Meta-Film Award - Experimental Film Award delivered by Meta-Film Underground, Holland ^[3]

Published works

• Yes, But Can A Steam Engine Do This? (Translation from Woody Allen, Ayrinti Publication, Istanbul, 1989)^[4]
• Annie Hall (Translation from Woody Allen, Hil Publication, 1991, Istanbul)^[5]
• A Concise History Of Experimental Film (Hil Publication, Istanbul, 1992)^[6]
• Andy Warhol: As An Experimental Film-maker (Yapi Kredi Publication, Istanbul, 1997)^[7]
• The Frog Who Assumes It Is A Prince (Novel) (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2001)^[8]
• EMINEM (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2001)^[9]
• Trainspotting (Translation from Irvine Welsh, Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2001)^[10]
• Ecstasy Club (Translation from Douglas Rushkoff, Stüdyo Imge Books,Istanbul, 2002)^[11]
• Restrain Of The Beasts (Translation from Magnus Mills, Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2002)^[12]
• Show : A Guide To Understanding EMINEM & Hip-hop (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2003)^[13]
• 2pac Shakur: Death Of A Rebel (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2004)^[14]
• 24: The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU (Translation from Marc Cerasini) (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2004)^[15]
• Trivial Truths (Aykiri Publications, Istanbul, 2004)^[16]
• You're My Mother, That's What You Are! (Neden Books, Istanbul, 2005)^[17]
• You're My Father, That's What You Are! (Neden Books, Istanbul, 2005)^[18]
• Dictionary of Foreign Words and Expressions in Turkish (3F Publishing, Istanbul, 2006)^[19]
• Genius on the Edge: Syd Barrett (Stüdyo Imge Books, Istanbul, 2006)^[20]
• The Templar Revelation (Translation from Lynn Picnett and Clive Prince, Neden Books, Istanbul, 2006)^[21]
• Who Won the Oil Wars? (Translation from Andy Stern, Neden Books, Istanbul 2007)^[22]
• LOST: Endangered Species (Translation from Cathy Hapka, Neden Books, Istanbul 2007)^[23]
• Sean Penn: His Life and Times (Translation from Richard T. Kelly, Studyo Imge Books, Istanbul 2007)^[24]
• LOST: Secret Identity (Translation from Cathy Hapka, Neden Books, Istanbul 2007)^[25]
• Michael Jackson: King of Pop (Studyo Imge Books, Istanbul 2009)^[26]

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