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• Contributing microstock photos and videos for Getty Images, Shutterstockand Adobe Stocks.• Directed 5 television commercials for the brand Rixol (Cyprus).• Directed a documentary about the famous poet Behcet Necatigil.• Directing 50+ videos promoting property sales for Keller&Williams.• Directing 10+ episodes of a digital talk show about theatre for localbroadcast on Kent TV.• Taught online courses about content marketing and digital production.• Lecturing in digital cinema masterclasses.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Launched a 24/7 TV shopping channel for French-Turkish joint venture,designed graphics, created content for over 100 videos, 4 live shows, 20live on-tape sales shows with actors, completed in one month.• Established "Planet Mutfak", the first national food channel in Turkey,overseeing all aspects of channel design, graphics, and promotional videos.Produced 50 hours of original food shows content in one month.• Created and built a 1000 sqm TV studio with seven different kitchen andother setups, 2 control rooms with 6 cameras each, an audio studio and 4editing suites. The studio was operated for the creation of content aboutfood and other digital content as well as TV programs.• Produced over 500 episodes of TV shows and programs for major channelsin Turkey, including Digiturk (Bein), D-Smart, TRT, and TV360.• Established complete YouTube channels and produced over 1500 episodes.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Taught the course 'Programming for TV', covering the design andimplementation of TV programs for market conditions. The course includedpreparation of project presentations, planning, and shooting in a multi-camera studio and on-location news video content. The course spanned 1semester with a duration of 3 hours per week.• Lectured the 'Directing Film' course for the senior student graduation projectcontext. In addition to teaching, the program involved advising 5 studentsthroughout their projects. The course spanned 2 semesters.• Taught a course on cinematography and composition, focusing on visualdesign and planning for short films aimed at senior students. The coursespanned 2 semesters and took place once a week for a duration of 3 hours.• Served on the committee tasked with developing the syllabus of the Filmand Television Department and designing the entire 4 year curriculum, witha particular focus on media, directing, and production based classes.

Istanbul, Turkey / London, Uk

• Localization of MTV Turkiye after long term cross-border broadcast.• Worked on creative, secondary technical aspects of creating 'zero tobroadcast' process together with UK emerging markets team.• Coordinating between UK and Turkish teams.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Responsible as a executive producer for all programs such asdocumentaries, lifestyle shorts and some special projects.• Directed a variety of documentaries.• Produced several news programs and documentary shorts covering bothlocal and international events such as the World Rally Championship, F1,IBC and Hannover Messe tech fairs.• Designed and developed new shows and a award winning TV studio.• Managed creative and technical teams, including directors, producers,cameramen and editors.• Responsible for recruiting and training new team members.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Lectured on the course 'Programming for Television', whichcomprehensively covers the fundamentals of developing and executing TVprograms that are tailored to market conditions. The course involvedpreparing project presentations, planning for shooting sessions in a multi-camera studio and outdoors, and producing news videos. The course ranfor a semester and consisted of 3 hours per week.• Organized a brief film workshop for both university students and non-university senior attendees. The workshop covered generating ideas,scripting, shooting planning and editing with a total course period of 6months. Classes run for 3 hours every week.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Directed Sabah Newspaper commercials in the advertising production company established as in house.• During this 1-year period, which took place during the 'newspapers ads era', he produced films at a rate of up to 2 films per day!

Istanbul, Turkey

Directed of a 3 hours TV program broadcast daily in the daytime period.

Istanbul, Turkey

Directed rating record-breaking programs such as 'Iner Misin Çıkar Mısın' and 'Tatemi'

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Master Of Arts (Ma), Cinematography And Film/Video Production

Bachelor'S Of Communication, Cinematography And Film/Video Production