Özgür Doğan (1 January 1978) is a

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

filmdirector. His works include '' On the Way to School'' and '' Voice of My Father''.

Biography

Özgür Doğan was born in a Kurdish village in Varto, Muş. He spoke only in

until the age of 6, and started to learn Turkish after that age. He stayed there until he was 10.Türkçe ve Kürtçe'nin trajikomik filmi
/ref> Because they only had a primary school in the village, he and his four siblings alternately studied with their uncles. After finishing middle school in Trabzon, due to the poor financial situation of his uncle there, Doğan went to stay with his other uncle in Konya. After two years of studying there, he went to Ankara to attend high school. In 2001, he graduated from

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

Faculty of Communication. When his brother was in prison, he started to work with Orhan Eskiköy on a project called ''Hayaller Birer Kırık Ayna''. In 2001, he became a research assistant at the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...

. In 2004, he got his master's degree in Media and Cultural Studies at the same university. In 2003, together with Özgür Doğan, they decided to make a film about "miscommunication", but when financial problems intervened, they postponed the film. In September 2007 they began the film with their own efforts, and later received support from the Greenhouse Documentary Development Workshop, the Sundance Documentary Fund and the Dutch Jan Vrijman Fund. After nine months of work, they completed the documentary film '' On the Way to School''. The film received several awards from various festivals, including the Best Film Award at the Golden Orange Film Festival.Altın Portakal film festivalinde iki film ödül aldı
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References

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