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Cemil Ağacıkoğlu | |
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Born | 1959 |
Nationality | Turkey |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, film director, screenwriter |
Cemil Ağacıkoğlu is a photographer, writer and film director from Turkey. His credits include five feature films, 8 personal exhibitions, numerous international awards in photography and directing. [1] [2] [3]
Born in 1959 in Istanbul, he came into directing after a successful career as a photographer. [4] In 1990, he started as a photographer and in 1995 won the title “Artist of FIAP” and in 1998 — “Excellency of FIAP” in 1998. In 1997, he directed his first short film titled Cover. [5]
His first feature, September (Eylül), was released in 2011 and was selected for the Montreal and BFI. [4] [6] His second feature film Apologies (Özür Dilerim) followed the next year. [7]
In 2016, he released his third feature — The Field. The movie premiered at the Istanbul Film Festival and was screened at the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival. [8]
In 2021 Ağacıkoğlu released his fourth feature, The Cage. [4] The movie tells a story of a retired police officer Hasan, who starts working in a motel in the alleys of Istanbul after losing his job. [9] The movie was screened at several international film festivals and won a special jury prize at the 18th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. [6] [10]
His fifth feature The Reeds was shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in the Centerpiece program. [11] [12] [13]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (February 2024) |
Cemil Ağacıkoğlu | |
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Born | 1959 |
Nationality | Turkey |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, film director, screenwriter |
Cemil Ağacıkoğlu is a photographer, writer and film director from Turkey. His credits include five feature films, 8 personal exhibitions, numerous international awards in photography and directing. [1] [2] [3]
Born in 1959 in Istanbul, he came into directing after a successful career as a photographer. [4] In 1990, he started as a photographer and in 1995 won the title “Artist of FIAP” and in 1998 — “Excellency of FIAP” in 1998. In 1997, he directed his first short film titled Cover. [5]
His first feature, September (Eylül), was released in 2011 and was selected for the Montreal and BFI. [4] [6] His second feature film Apologies (Özür Dilerim) followed the next year. [7]
In 2016, he released his third feature — The Field. The movie premiered at the Istanbul Film Festival and was screened at the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival. [8]
In 2021 Ağacıkoğlu released his fourth feature, The Cage. [4] The movie tells a story of a retired police officer Hasan, who starts working in a motel in the alleys of Istanbul after losing his job. [9] The movie was screened at several international film festivals and won a special jury prize at the 18th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. [6] [10]
His fifth feature The Reeds was shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in the Centerpiece program. [11] [12] [13]