Ezel Akay (born 20 January 1961) is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.

Ezel Akay
Born (1961-01-20) 20 January 1961 (age 63)
İnegöl, Bursa, Turkey
Occupation(s)Film director, producer and Screenplay writer
Years active1996–present
Spouse
(m. 2004; div. 2007)
Children1 (b. 1998)

Life and work

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After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Boğaziçi University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University.

Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkish production company IFR,[1] he worked as copywriter, theatre director and –actor. Since the foundation of his film production company IFR, Ezel Akay directed more than 500 commercials.[2]

In 1996 Ezel Akay produced together with the Turkish film director Dervis Zaim for Zaim's debut feature Somersault in a Coffin, which won several national and international prizes. Where's Firuze? was the first feature, which Ezel Akay directed.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Official website of the production company IFR". Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  2. ^ "Short profile of Ezel Akay on the website of the German movie distributor MAXXIMUM Film Und Kunst Gmbh (German)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
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