Ümit Ünal

Known for WritingBorn 1965-04-14 (age 61)Izmir, Turkey

He was born on April 14, 1965. He graduated from 9 Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cinema-TV Department in 1985. The short films he made during the school received various awards. His first script, My Aunt, won the First Prize in the 1986 Milliyet Newspaper Script Competition and was filmed by Halit Refiğ. Eight scenarios were filmed between 1986-93. He wrote and directed his first film 9 in 2001. 9, 2003 Turkey's candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar was selected and received awards at various festivals. In 2004, he directed the film Anlat Istanbul, which he wrote the script, together with 4 different directors. The film Ara, which was released, written and directed in 2008, received the 27th International Istanbul Film Festival's Special Jury Prize and the 15th Golden Boll Film Festival awards for best script and best editing. In 2008, he scripted and directed Hasan Ali Toptaş's novel called Gölgesizler. In 2010, he directed the movie Sound, which was written by Uygar Şirin. Unal most recently directed the movie Nar, which he wrote in 2011. Four of his books have been published.Read more

Movies & web series

I Still Hear

Yaz Yağmuru

9

We Fell In Love With You

Piano Piano Kid

Billionaire

İstanbul Tales

My Dreams, My Love, and You

Devil, My Friend

Serial Cook

The Playroom

My Aunt

The Shadowless

Tatlı Betüş

The Voice

Berlin in Berlin

The Pomegranate

Ara

Love, Spells and All That

Kaptan Feza

Amerikalı

Lost in Karastan

Oregon

Masumiyet