Tayfun Belet is a
Turkish
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film director
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,
screenwriter
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,
producer and
film editor
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.
Biography
Belet was born into a family from
Urfa
Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features e ...
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Siverek
Siverek (from hy, Սեւավերակ, lit=black ruins, translit=Sevaverag, ku, Sêwreg) is a city and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 (city); 247,000 (district) (2000 census). Siverek is in Şanl ...
in
Izmir. He attended high school at Fatma Saygun Anadolu Lisesi and continued on to
Yaşar University
Yaşar University ( Turkish: ''Yaşar Üniversitesi'') is a university in İzmir, Turkey on the Aegean Sea. The university faculty teaches in English, with programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
History
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on a full scholarship in the Radio, Cinema and Television department. He then continued his Masters at the same school and graduated from the Art and Design program. Belet is currently continuing his academic career as a teacher in the same department.
He was influenced by
Yılmaz Güney's movies in his early years and started filming short films when he was in high school. In 2006, before he started his directing career, he worked as a director assistant for many directors. Belet, who has been responsible for 10 documentary-cinema films, has also worked on many commercials for popular brands.
He generally uses the themes of women, children and hope in his films, utilizing the traditional culture of the east and infusing it with the modern life of the west. Belet is internationally accepted as one of the main representers of Turkish documentary-cinema. His films have gathered viewers in over 30 countries. He has been a part of the jury in many film festivals and has advised many festival documentary-cinema films. For the music in his films, he has worked with
Erkin Koray
Erkin Koray (; born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish musician, electro-baglama player, and active in Anatolian rock. Career
Koray has been in the Turkish folk music scene since the late 1950s. In 1957, he and his band began playing covers of Elvis P ...
,
Hüsnü Şenlendirici,
Cengiz Onural,
İncesaz,
Jah Wobble
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and
Ömer Oral. He has taken responsibility of editing and directing photography in his movies himself. Belet is also the owner of a company named
Tabu Film Production.
Filmography
References
External links
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Tayfun Belet on Turkish Cinema Archive KameraArkasıTayfun Belet on CinemaTürk
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Living people
Turkish film directors
Turkish film editors
Turkish film producers
Turkish male screenwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)