Yağmur Taylan (1966) and Durul Taylan (1969), also known as The Taylan Brothers are Turkish film directors.

Biography

Having studied Industrial Engineering and Medicine respectively, the brothers started their work behind the camera with their first Television project ''Sir Dosyası''. After directing several other television series such as ''Cinler ve Periler'', ''Baba'' and the hit comedy show ''Beşik Kertmesi'', they made their first motion picture, '' Okul''. The horror-comedy film was a critical and financial hit. Praised by Turkish critics as an ambitious debut, Okul grossed $3,255,287 domestically. They worked on other television projects such as ''Alacakaranlık'', a police drama, and the comedy series ''

Yabancı Damat ''Yabancı Damat'' (literally: ''The Foreign Groom'') is a Turkish television drama distributed by Erler Film with 106 episodes in total. It deals with the relationship between a young Greek man Niko and a Turkish girl Nazlı, and the problems (a ...

'' (The Foreign Groom) filmed in Greece and Turkey. The series was a hit in Turkey and other countries such as Greece, Bulgaria and Arabia and lasted 106 episodes. ''Yabanci Damat'' was nominated in 6 categories in the 1st Annual Primetime Beyaz Inci Awards and won in 3 categories including Best Music, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. In 2006 they released their second motion picture ''

Küçük Kıyamet ''The Little Apocalypse'' (Original Turkish language, Turkish title: ''Küçük Kıyamet'') is a 2006 Turkish cinema, Turkish psychological horror film directed by the Taylan brothers. (Yağmur and Durul Taylan) Plot Bilge had lost her mother in t ...

'' ( The Little Apocalypse), a psychological horror film. ''Küçük Kıyamet'' won awards, including Best Editing at the 18th

Ankara Film Festival Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the list of national capitals, capital of Turkey. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center ...

, Best Actress at the twelfth Sadri Alışık Awards and Best Supporting Actor at the twenty-eighth Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Awards. They next produced the television series ''Karayılan'', a drama about the eastern front of the

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. Their third motion picture was ''Vavien'' (Two-way Switch). ''Vavien'' was a critical hit, winning the Best Picture and FIPRESCI award in the twenty-ninth International Istanbul Film Festival and also earning 11 nominations and 5 awards at the Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Awards. The brothers filmed ''

Muhteşem Yüzyıl ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (, ) is a Turkish historical fiction television series. Written by Meral Okay and Yılmaz Şahin, it is based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his ...

'', a Turkish prime-time historical

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for Turkey's Show TV network. It is based on the life of Sultan Süleyman I (also known as Suleiman the Magnificent), the longest reigning Sultan of the

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, and

Hürrem Sultan Hurrem Sultan (, ota, خُرّم سلطان, translit=Ḫurrem Sulṭān, tr, Hürrem Sultan, label=Modern Turkish; 1500 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana ( uk, Роксолана}; ), was the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottoma ...

, the slave girl who became his queen.

Motion Pictures

* Azizler *

Vavien ''Vavien'' is a 2009 Turkish comedy film directed by the Taylan Brothers. Cast and characters * Engin Günaydın as Celal * Binnur Kaya as Sevilay * Settar Tanrıöğen as Cemal * Serra Yılmaz as Vekil * Binnaz Ekren as Hanife * İlker Aksum ...

* Okul

Television Series

Vatanım Sensin ''Vatanım Sensin'' (, alternatively known as ''Wounded Love'' in English) is a Turkish television drama set during the last years of Ottoman Empire and the Turkish War of Independence. The main character "Cevdet" is based on the life of Mustafa ...

* Gecenin Kraliçesi *

* Karayılan *

* Alacakaranlık * Baba * Sır Dosyası * Cinler ve Periler * Beşik Kertmesi

References

External links

Official Website
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