Ümit Ünal (born 14 April 1965 in

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), is a film director, screenwriter and

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. He is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish

feature films A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

including ''Teyzem (My Aunt)'' (1986), ''Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love and You)'' (1987). His first feature film as a director is '' 9'' which won many awards in various film festivals and was the Official Turkish Entry for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He wrote and directed seven feature films including

Istanbul Tales ''Istanbul Tales'' ( tr, Anlat İstanbul) is a 2005 Turkish drama- anthology film, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı, Ümit Ünal, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay, which tells five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul base ...

(Anlat İstanbul),

Ara ARA may refer to: Media and the arts * American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences * '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia * Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Aca ...

, Gölgesizler (Shadowless),

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(The Voice) and Nar (The Pomegranate). He has published four books. He currently works as a freelance director/writer, living in

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Filmography

As director

*''

9 (2002 film) ''9'' is a 2002 Turkish crime film directed by Ümit Ünal. Cast * Ali Poyrazoğlu - Firuz * Cezmi Baskın - Salim * Serra Yılmaz - Saliha * Fikret Kuşkan - Tunç * Ozan Güven Ozan Muharrem Güven (born 19 May 1975) is a Turkish film, TV s ...

'' (2001) **2002

Istanbul International Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Tu ...

- Best Turkish Film of the Year, Best Actress (

Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bastarda Di Istanbul' ...

) **2002 Ankara Film Festival - Best Screenplay, Best Actor -

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to İ ...

**2002 14. Ankara Film Festival - Onat Kutlar Best Script, Promising Director *''

(Anlat İstanbul)'' (2005) **2005

- Best Turkish Film of the Year, Best Actress ( Yelda Reynaud) **2005

Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2 ...

- Best Film, Best Editing, Best Director of Photography **2005 MedFilm Festival-Rome - Artistic Expression (Original Idea) Award **2006

Bangkok International Film Festival The Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) ( th, เทศกาลภาพยนตร์นานาชาติกรุงเทพฯ) is an international film festival held annually in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2003. In addition to fi ...

- Jury's Special Mention of Excellence *''

'' (2007) **2008

- Special Prize of the Jury, Best Actor (Serhat Tutumluer) **2008

- Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actress (Selen Uçer) *''Shadowless (Gölgesizler)'' (2009) *''Kaptan Feza (Captain Space)'' (2010) *''SES (The Voice)'' (2010) *''NAR (The Pomegranate)'' (2011) **2011 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - Special Jury Award

As writer

*''Teyzem (My Aunt)'' (1986) (Director:

Halit Refiğ Halit Refiğ (5 March 1934 – 11 October 2009) was a Turkish film director, film producer, screenwriter and writer. He made around sixty films, including feature films, documentaries and TV serials. He is considered to be the pioneer of th ...

) ( Milliyet Newspaper Screenplay Competition, First Prize) *''Milyarder (The Billionaire)'' (1987) (Director: Kartal Tibet) *''Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love and You)'' (1987) (Director: Atıf Yılmaz) *''Arkadaşım Şeytan (The Devil My Friend)'' (1988) (Director: Atıf Yılmaz) *''Piano Piano Bacaksız (Piano Piano Shorty)'' (1989) (Director:

Tunç Başaran Tunç Başaran (October 1, 1938 – December 18, 2019) was a Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. Biography After attending the Faculty of Literature for a while he left school and started working as a script writ ...

) *'' Berlin in Berlin'' (1992) (Director:

Sinan Çetin Sinan Çetin (born March 1, 1953) is a Turkish film director, actor, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of matern ...

) *''Amerikalı (The American)'' (1993) (Director: Şerif Gören) *''Yaz Yagmuru (Summer Rain)'' (1993) (Director:

Tomris Giritlioğlu Tomris Giritlioğlu (born 1957) is a Turkish film director and producer. She is best known for directing the 1999 film '' Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds''. Selected filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Turkish ...

)

Published books

*''Amerikan Güzeli (American Beauty)'' (1993) (Stories, Oglak Publishing) *''Aşkın Alfabesi (The Alphabet of Love)'' (1996) (Novel, İyi Seyler Publishing) *''Kuyruk (The Tail)'' (2001) (Novel, Oglak Publishing) *''Işık Gölge Oyunları (Light And Shadow Play)'' (2012) (Autobiography, Yapı Kredi Publishing)

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