Mahinur Ergun (born 1 January 1956) is a
Turkish screenwriter and
film director. Her first well-known
television series
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were ''Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı'' as a director and ''Asmalı Konak'' as a screenwriter.
Biography
Ergun was born on 1 January 1956 in
Bursa,
Bursa Province
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,
Turkey
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. She graduated at the radio, television and cinema Communication Faculty of
University of Ankara
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in 1978.
Then she produced ad movies for a year.
Her first cinema movie is from 1988, ''Gece Dansı Tutsakları'',
about the love between a journalist and a dancer.
She helped in the starting of
Çağan Irmak
ÇaÄŸan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series '' Çemberimde Gül Oya'' (2004–2005) and ''Asmalı Konak'' (2002â ...
film director's career.
She was a member of the jury at the 44th Golden Orange Film Festival in 2007.
Filmography
References
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Turkish women film directors
Turkish female screenwriters
1956 births
Living people