English (en-US)

Name

Ümit Ünal

Biography

He was born on April 14, 1965. He graduated from 9 Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cinema-TV Department in 1985. The short films he made during the school received various awards. His first script, My Aunt, won the First Prize in the 1986 Milliyet Newspaper Script Competition and was filmed by Halit Refiğ. Eight scenarios were filmed between 1986-93.

He wrote and directed his first film 9 in 2001. 9, 2003 Turkey's candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar was selected and received awards at various festivals. In 2004, he directed the film Anlat Istanbul, which he wrote the script, together with 4 different directors. The film Ara, which was released, written and directed in 2008, received the 27th International Istanbul Film Festival's Special Jury Prize and the 15th Golden Boll Film Festival awards for best script and best editing. In 2008, he scripted and directed Hasan Ali Toptaş's novel called Gölgesizler. In 2010, he directed the movie Sound, which was written by Uygar Şirin. Unal most recently directed the movie Nar, which he wrote in 2011.

Four of his books have been published.

Turkish (tr-TR)

Name

Ümit Ünal

Biography

Sinema ve dizi filmi yönetmeni, senaryo yazarı, öykü ve roman yazarı. 14 Nisan 1965, Tire / İzmir doğumlu. Menemen Lisesi (1981), Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Sinema-Televizyon Bölümü (1985) mezunu. Sinema ve reklamcılık alanında çalıştı, sinema filmleri ve televizyon dizileri için senaryolar yazdı.

Halit Refiğ’in yönettiği “Teyzem” (1986), Atıf Yılmaz’ın yönettiği “Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen” (1987), Sinan Çetin’in yönettiği “Berlin in Berlin” (1992) gibi sinema filmleri ile “Tatlı Betüş” (1992) gibi televizyon dizilerinin senaryo yazarı olarak tanındı. “Teyzem” senaryosuyla 1986 Milliyet Gazetesi Senaryo Yarışmasında Birincilik Ödülünü aldı. (Biyografya)

You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up.

Can't find a movie or TV show? Login to create it.

Global

s focus the search bar
p open profile menu
esc close an open window
? open keyboard shortcut window

On media pages

b go back (or to parent when applicable)
e go to edit page

On TV season pages

(right arrow) go to next season
(left arrow) go to previous season

On TV episode pages

(right arrow) go to next episode
(left arrow) go to previous episode

On all image pages

a open add image window

On all edit pages

t open translation selector
ctrl+ s submit form

On discussion pages

n create new discussion
w toggle watching status
p toggle public/private
c toggle close/open
a open activity
r reply to discussion
l go to last reply
ctrl+ enter submit your message
(right arrow) next page
(left arrow) previous page

Settings

Want to rate or add this item to a list?

Login