Hasan Karacadağ (born 20 October 1976) is a Turkish film director.[1] He has directed more than twelve films since 1999. He was the director that introduced jinn into Turkish cinema. His Dabbe film series has gone on to become a cult classic due to its distribution on Netflix.[2]
Hasan Karacadağ | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 October 1976 |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenplay |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Following the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, he is one of the 3,000 people who shared posts about the coup on Twitter, were detained, and had an arrest warrant issued for them.
Life and Career
editKaracadağ was born on October 20, 1976 in Province Şanlıurfa, Turkey. In 1998, he completed the Nippon eizo-juku Cinema Directing department in Japan. He directed many short films, documentaries, TV movies and TV series in Turkey and Japan. He participated in more than 50 international film festivals and won awards. He became known with the movie Hummadruz, which was shown at the International Istanbul Film Festival in 1999.
He succeeded in winning many international awards with this film. He released the movie Dabbe in 2005. He achieved great success with the movie Dabbe. In 2016, he released the movie Magi, starring famous American actors. It was the last movie Karacadağ made.
Issuing an arrest warrant against him
editAfter the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, more than 3,000 people who were communicating about the coup on Twitter were caught and arrest warrants were issued. One of them was Hasan Karacadağ.
Karacadağ, who uses the name Can Batuta, shared on Twitter, "April-May 2017. Chemical attack awaiting Turkish soldiers in the Syrian swamp. Follow me, I will write."[3]
It is known that Karacadağ, who escaped from Turkey, resides in Japan. He was never seen again after his last post on his official Instagram account on December 31, 2018.
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hummadruz | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2006 | D@bbe | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2008 | Semum | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2009 | D@bbe 2 | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2013 | Dabbe: Curse of the Jinn | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2013 | El-Jinn | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2014 | D@bbe: Zehr-i Jinn | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2015 | D@bbe 6 | Screenplay, Producer | |
| 2016 | Magi | Screenplay, Producer |
References
edit- ^ "'Filmde gerçek cin vardı!'". 6 September 2015.
- ^ Salman, Ali (2020-05-04). "Dabbe: The Possession Is Terrifying Pakistanis On Netflix - Here's Why". CurryFlow. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "O skandal paylaşımları yapan kişi bakın kim çıktı!" (in Turkish). 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
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