Ezel Akay
| Ezel Akay | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1961 |
| Occupation | Film director, producer and Screenplay writer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Ezel Akay (born 1961) is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.
Life and work
After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Bosporus University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University.
Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkish production company IFR,[1] he worked as copywriter, theatre director and –actor. Since the foundation of his film production company IFR, Ezel Akay directed more than 500 commercials.[2]
In 1996 Ezel Akay produced together with the Turkish film director Dervis Zaim for Zaim's debut feature Somersault in a Coffin, which won several national and international prizes. Where's Firuze? was the first feature, which Ezel Akay directed.
Filmography (Selection)
- 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 (Hirsiz var!), (actor)
- 2006: Killing the Shadow (Hacivat Karagöz neden öldürüldü?), (director, producer, writer, and actor)
- 2006: The Road Home Eve giden yol 1914 (actor)
- 2007: Adam and the Devil (Adem'in trenleri) (producer, actor)
- 2007: Sözün bittigi yer (actor)
- 2007: Hicran Sokagi (actor)
- 2009: 7 Husbands for Hurmuz (7 kocali Hürmüz), (director, actor)
- 2013: F Type Film - 9 jail stories, (director, actor - episode 2)
References
External links
- Ezel Akay at the Internet Movie Database
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