Semih Kaplanoğlu

Semih Kaplanoğlu

Semih Kaplanoğlu at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Born 1963 (age 48–49)
İzmir, Turkey
Occupation Screenwriter, film director, film producer, columnist
Nationality Turkish
Education Cinema and television
Alma mater Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir
Notable award(s) Antalya Golden Orange Award for Best SCreenplay,
Bangkok World Film Prize for Best Director,
Valdivia International Film Prize for Best Director,
Singapore Silver Screen Award for Best Director
Spouse(s) Leyla İpekçi

Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 1963 in İzmir, Turkey)[1] is a Turkish playwright, film director and producer.

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Career

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 to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like Güzel Sanatlar, Saatchi & Saatchi and Young & Rubicam.[1]

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 channels Show TV and InterStar.[1]

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 (Angel's Fall) premiered at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival and found wide interest by international film critics and audience. His film Yumurta (Egg) brought many international awards for best film, best director, best screenplay.[1]

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.[2]

He founded his own film production company Kaplan Film. Its first feature film Egg was a co-production with Greece. Kaplanoğlu's film Süt (Milk) was released in Germany in January 2010, which with Yumurta (Egg) and the film Bal (Honey) produced in 2010, forms a trilogy called Yusuf Üçlemesi (Yusuf's Trilogy), named after the main character Yusuf of the films.

His 2010 film, Bal won the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[3][1]

Family

Semih Kaplanoğlu is married with journalist, author and screenwriter Leyla İpekçi, who is a niece of the assassinated notable journalist Abdi İpekçi.[4]

Filmography

Year Film as Director as Screenwriter as Producer as Editor
Şehnaz Tango (TV series) Y Y
2001 Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away From Home) Y
2005 Meleğin Düşüşü (aka Greek: Ekptotos angelos) Y Y Y Y
2007 Yumurta (Egg) Y Y Y Y
2008 Süt (Milk) Y Y Y
2010 Bal (Honey) Y Y Y Y

Awards

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bala Altın Ayı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 2010-02-20. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/13857911.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-16. 
  2. ^ İpekçi, Leyla (2007-11-03). "En yakın şahidi iki göz 'Yumurta'yı anlatıyor" (in Turkish). Radikal. http://www.radikal.com.tr/ek_haber.php?ek=cts&haberno=7038. Retrieved 2010-05-16. 
  3. ^ "Hollywood Reporter: Berlin festival unveils full lineup". hollywoodreporter.com. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3ia2f06c2856f58e40c10467f764372a0c. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  4. ^ "Bir Evden İki Kitap" (in Turkish). Sabah. 2011-01-27. http://www.sabah.com.tr/kultur_sanat/edebiyat/2011/01/27/bir_evden_iki_kitap. Retrieved 2011-03-12. 
Awards
Preceded by
Önder Çakar		 Golden Orange Award
for Best Screenplay
2007 for Yumurta
shared with Orçun Köksal		 Succeeded by
Ben Hopkins

Vedat Türkali (1965) · Erol Keskin-Haldun Dormen (1966) · Erol Günaydın-Erol Keskin (1967) · Türkan Duru (1968) · Türkan Duru (1969) · Sadık Şendil (1970) · Bülent Oran (1971) · Sadık Şendil (1972) · Hamdi Değirmencioğlu (1973) · Sadık Şendil (1974) · Yılmaz Güney (1975) · Umur Bugay (1976) · Vedat Türkali (1977) · Umur Bugay (1978) · Onat Kutlar-Ömer Kavur (1979) · Başar Sabuncu (1980) · Tuncel Kurtiz-Nurettin Sezer (1981) · Yavuz Turgul (1982) · Fehmi Yaşar (1983) · Bilge Olgaç (1984) · Muammer Özer (1985) · Yavuz Turgul (1986) · Yavuz Turgul (1987) · Feride Çiçekoğlu (1989) · Süheyla Acar Kalyoncu (1990) · Orhan Pamuk (1991) · Macit Koper (1992) · Yavuz Turgul (1993) · Nuray Oğuz (1994) · Aykut Tankuter-Artun Yeres (1995) · Derviş Zaim (1996) · Barış Pirhasan (1997) · Turgut Yasalar (1998) · Zeki Demirkubuz (1999) · Fatih Altınöz (2000) · Handan İpekçi (2001) · Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2002) · Ömer Kavur-Macit Koper (2003) · Uğur Yücel (2004) · Nilüfer Güngörmüş-Reha Erdem (2005) · Önder Çakar (2006) · Semih Kaplanoğlu-Orçun Köksal (2007) · Ben Hopkins (2008) · Onur Ünlü (2009) · İlksen Başarır-Mert Fırat (2010) · Emre Kavuk (2011)