Sabri Kaliç (May 19, 1966 – September 23, 2012) is a Turkish film director,

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, writer and translator.

Biography

Kaliç was born on May 19, 1966 in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. After receiving his BFA in film directing from the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

in Izmir, he moved to

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in 1992. Having worked with Turkish film director

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as an assistant for a while, he made his TV film debut with ''Midnight Hitchhiker'' in 1995. He also translated screenplays from English, including that of ''

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''. He died on September 23, 2012 in İzmir.

Filmography

* ''A Fassbinder Lie'' – 1987 (1/24 second , 16 mm., b/w), supposedly the world's shortest film * ''PO"y"EM'' – 1987 (4 seconds, 16 mm., b/w) * ''Not The Longest Film You Will Ever See, But...'' – 1987 (1 second, 16 mm., b/w) * ''59"'' – 1987 (59 seconds, 16 mm., b/w) * ''Bolero'' – 1990 (17 min., VHS, color) * ''Das ist Eine Video-Kunst'' – 1991 (13 min., VHS, color) * ''Keine Kunst Bitte'' – 1991 (9 min., VHS, color) * ''Douche Opera'' – 1992 (5 min., VHS, color) * ''Midnight Hitchhiker'' – 1995 (87 min, BETACAM, color) * ''The Spider Web'' – 1998 (92 min., BETACAM, color) * ''Sabri Kaliç : CV''- 2000 (27 min., BETACAM, color) * ''Midnight Stories'' – 2000 (85 min., BETACAM, color) * ''Non'' – 2002 (no color, no format) * ''Stories From Beyond'' – 2005 (62 min., BETACAM, color) * ''Stories From Beyond -II'' – 2005 (59 min., BETACAM, color)

Awards

* 1987 Ankara Film Festival Invitation * 1992 Adana Student Films Festival Invitation * 1992 A Concise History of Experimental Film – Turkish Ministry of Culture "Cinema Book of the Year" Award * 1996 Moths Towards The Fire – Turkish Ministry of Culture "Script of the Year" Award * 1996 Spaghetti With Yogurt – Orhon Murat Ariburnu "Best Film Story" Award * 2005 Meta-Film Award – Experimental Film Award delivered by Meta-Film Underground, Holland * 2010 The Monk and The Butterfly – Screenplay Writing Fund for the film story

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalic, Sabri 1966 births 2012 deaths People from İzmir Turkish film directors Turkish film producers Turkish writers