Özcan Alper

Özcan Alper (born in Hopa, Artvin, Turkey in 1975), is a Hemshin Armenian film director and screenwriter from Turkey.[1]

He studied at Trabzon Lisesi. In 1992, he moved to Istanbul to study at İstanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi in the Physics Department and then moved to İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi where he studied History of Sciences and graduated in 2003.

Since 1996, he was interested in films and took part in workshops organized by Mezopotamya Kültür Merkezi, the Nâzım Kültürevi culture house (now renamed Nâzım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi). Starting 2000 started assisting in films under the supervision of film director Yeşim Ustaoğlu.

After being assistant director in the short Toprak, he filmed Momi as his first short film as main director. He also shot the documentary Tokai City'de Melankoli ve Rapsodi in Japan following it with yet another documentary entitled Bir Bilimadamıyla Zaman Enleminde Yolculuk.

In 2008, Alper released his first long feature Sonbahar (Autumn in Turkish) with multiple awards as a newcomer. He followed that with another critically acclaimed film Gelecek Uzun Sürer, English title Future Lasts Forever that has also won important awards.

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

Shorts

Documentaries

Actor

Awards

For Sonbahar (Autumn)
For Gelecek Uzun Sürer (Future Lasts Forever)

References

  1. ↑ http://asbarez.com/60939/bringing-the-hemshin-armenians-to-the-big-screen-an-interview-with-ozcan-alper/

External links

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