Ezel Akay
Appearance
Ezel Akay | |
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Occupation(s) | Film director,producer andScreenplay writer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1(b. 1998) |
Ezel Akay(born 20 January 1961) is a Turkishfilm actor,film directorandfilm producer.
Life and work
[edit]After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from theBoğaziçi University,he was trained as actor at the US-AmericanVillanova University.
Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkishproduction companyIFR,[1]he worked ascopywriter,theatre directorand–actor.Since the foundation of his film production companyIFR,Ezel Akay directed more than 500commercials.[2]
In 1996 Ezel Akay produced together with the Turkish film directorDervis Zaimfor Zaim's debut featureSomersault in a Coffin,which won several national and international prizes.Where's Firuze?was the firstfeature,which Ezel Akay directed.
Filmography
[edit]- 1996:Somersault in a Coffin(Tabutta Rövaşata) (producer)
- 1999:Journey to the Sun(Güneşe Yolculuk) (executive producer)
- 2001:Elephants and Grass(Filler ve Çimen)(actor)
- 2001:The Waterfall(producer, actor)
- 2004:Where's Firuze?(Neredesin Firuze),(director, producer, actor)
- 2005:Making Boats out of Watermellon Rinds(Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak) (producer)
- 2005:Robbery Alla Turca(Hırsız Var!),(actor)
- 2006:Killing the Shadows(Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?),(director, producer, writer, and actor)
- 2006:The Road Home(Eve Giden Yol) (actor)
- 2007:Adam and the Devil(Adem'in Trenleri)(producer, actor)
- 2007: Sözün Bittiği Yer (actor)
- 2007: Hicran Sokağı (actor)
- 2009:7 Husbands for Hürmüz(7 Kocalı Hürmüz),(director, actor)
- 2011:Gümüş Lale Burası Osmanlı 1711(director, scriptwriter)
- 2013:F Type Film - 9 jail stories,(director, actor - episode 2)
- 2014:Küçük Kara Balıklar(director)
- 2017:Martıların Efendisi(actor)
- 2020:Leyla Everlasting(9 Kere Leyla), (director, producer, scriptwriter)
- 2020:Yarım Kalan Aşklar(actor)
References
[edit]- ^"Official website of the production companyIFR".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-06-02.Retrieved2019-08-14.
- ^"Short profile of Ezel Akay on the website of the German movie distributorMAXXIMUM Film Und Kunst Gmbh(German) ".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-14.Retrieved2010-12-11.