Tayfun Belet is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.[1]

Tayfun Belet
Born
Tayfun Belet

OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2006–present

Biography

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Belet was born into a family from Urfa/Siverek in Izmir. He attended high school at Fatma Saygun Anadolu Lisesi and continued on to Yaşar University on a full scholarship in the Radio, Cinema and Television Department.[citation needed] He then continued his master's degree at the same school and graduated from the Art and Design Program.[citation needed] Belet continued his academic career as a teacher in the same department.[citation needed]

He was influenced by Yılmaz Güney's movies in his early years and started filming short films when he was in high school.[citation needed] In 2006, before he started his directing career, he worked as a director assistant. Belet has worked on 10 documentary-cinema films and a variety of commercials.[2]

He generally uses the themes of women, children and hope in his films, utilizing the traditional culture of the east and infusing it with the modern life of the west.[citation needed] He has been a part of the jury at film festivals.[citation needed] For the music in his films, he has worked with Erkin Koray, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Cengiz Onural, İncesaz, Jah Wobble and Ömer Oral. Belet is also the owner of a company named Tabu Film Production.[3]

Filmography

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Year Name Awards
2006 Anılarla Atatürk ("Remembering Atatürk")
2009 Kahve ("Coffee")
2009 Kalay ("Tin")
2011 İfrat ("Overkill") Ahmadabad Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
Cinemalaya Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Kraków Film Festival, Kraków Dragon Award. 2011
International Didor Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
Jakarta Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Dungog Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
2013 Sterliçya ("Bird of Paradise") Dld Summit, Special Screening. 2013
Dld, Gratitude Plaque. 2013
2013 Yüksek Yerin Halkı ("People of the High Place") International Pergamon Festival, Special Screening. 2014
2014 Çırak ("The Apprentice")[4] 6. TRT Documentary Awards, International Professional Category, Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Culture Tourism, Special Prize. 2014
International Pergamon Festival, Special Screening. 2014
UNESCO, Success Award. 2014
SABC Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Human District Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016
International Amsterdam Craft in Focus Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016
Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
2014 Havin ("Havin")
2015 Çekirdek ve Makara ("The Reel and the Sunflower Seeds") 7. TRT Documentary Awards, International Professional Category, Finalist. 2015
2016 Akvaryumda Sessiz, Sakin ("Peace and Quiet in the Aquarium") BUZZ CEE - International Buzau Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Balkan Film Food Festival, Official Selection. 2016
SABC International Ekurhuleni Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Baikal Film Festivali, Official Selection. 2016
International One Country One Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016

References

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  1. ^ "Tayfun Belet". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ^ "Tayfun Belet". mubi.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  3. ^ Belet, Tayfun. "Tayfun Belet". www.filmfreeway.com. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Tayfun Belet: 'Filmlerimde insan-mekan-meslek üçgeninde buluyorum kendimi'". Öteki Sinema (in Turkish). 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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