Renowned writer and director Nebil Özgentürk will share his experiences with the festival audience in conversation organized for the Documentary Cinema section of the festival.
Nebil Özgentürk
Journalist, writer, producer and director Nebil Özgentürk was born in Adana. He graduated from Business Administration Department of Ege University. Özgentürk, who started journalism as a news reporter in İzmir bureau of Günaydın Newspaper, continued his career in Sabah Newspaper in Istanbul. During his journalism studies he traveled throughout Anatolia, observed many political leaders and political events, and made interviews. In Romania, Abkhazia, he was a war reporter during the Gulf War. We first heard his name as a journalist. In 1990, he started writing as a columnist at Sabah Newspaper, his interviews created a big impact. He was writing interesting portrait-interviews in Sabah. Columns have been compiled into books over the years in the name of “Bir Yudum İnsan”, “Unutulmayanlar”, “Yıllar ve Yüzler”. “Bir Yudum İnsan” documentaries, which started in ATV in 1998 and continued in CNN Turk, made a mark in that period of time. Names that had left a mark in Turkey's recent history such as Çetin Altan, Türkan Şoray, Lefter, Cem Yılmaz, their life stories and memories, was followed by millions of viewers. Later Özgentürk wrote, directed and produced 1000 minutes long “Türkiye’nin Hatıra Defteri” and “Sanatımızın Hatıra Defteri” documentaries. He continued his screenings for 8 years and shared the screen with Hıncal Uluç and Haşmet Babaoğlu in the program called “Yaşamdan Dakikalar”, which brought a lot of awards and made a record in the field of culture and art. Culture and arts programs such as “Dünya Bir Oyun Sahnesi”, which was hosted by Kenan Işık and “Güzel Şeyler”, which was hosted by Ferhat Göçer, were also prepared and directed by him. He prepared “İstanbul’un Entelektüel Tarihinden Tanıklıklar” documentary. He made the documentary “Asırlık Yüzler”, which included the testimonies and long-life secrets of people over 100 years of age. “Biz-Kültür Yolcuları”, which shed light on vanishing cultures, different beliefs and identities of Turkey with Can Dündar and Coşkun Aral, was produced and directed by him. He prepared the documentary of “Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyete At Sevdası”. Finally, he prepared the documentary of “Almanya’ya Göçün Hatıra Defteri”, which describes the 57 years of immigration to Germany with striking stories and anecdotes. Nebil Özgentürk, who has more than 20 books as a writer, owns hundreds of awards in journalism, television, culture and art.
Filmography
Bir Doğum Günü Armağanı – 1998
Bir Yudum İnsan – 1999-2007 (380 episodes)
Rüzgara Karşı Yürüyenler – 2002 (10 episodes)
Cumhuriyet Kuşağından 2000'lere Ses – 2002
Türk Sinemasında İETT Serüveni – 2003
Konuşan Yeşilçam – 2004-2005 (30 episodes)
İlk Durak – 2005
Güleryüzlü Bir İzmir Şarkısı – 2005
Atina'dan Pekin'e Uzun İnce Bir Yol – 2006
İstanbul Üniversitesi Belgeseli – 2006
Bir Adana Masalı – 2007
Orhan Pamuk Anılar ve Nobel – 2007
Basının Kısa Tarihi – 2007 (3 bölüm)
Türkiye’nin Hatıra Defteri – 2007 (14 episodes)
Yargılardan Türkülere – 2009
Anka Kuşu’nun İzinde (İstanbul Kız Lisesi’nin Asırlık Öyküsü) – 2010
Cumhuriyet'in Kanatlarında Bir Girişimci: Asım Bey – 2010
Sanatımızın Hatıra Defteri – 2013 (16 episodes)
Venüs’ün Seyri (Sinemamızın ve Altın Portakal’ın 50 Yılı) – 2013
Asırlık Yüzler – 2014 (6 episodes)
Çağdaşlık İçin Çeyrek Asır – 2014
Ataol’a Dair (Ataol Behramoğlu) – 2015
Biz Kültür Yolcuları – 2015 (10 episodes)
Ali Ekber Çiçek'in Öyküsü – 2015
Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e At Sevdası – 2016
Bir Kent Hikayesi: Adana – 2016
Toprak – 2016
Bilimin Sonsuzluğunda Bir Yaşam: Aziz Sancar – 2016
İçinden Hüzün Geçen Sevdalar – 2017
Efsane Aslanlar – 2017 (13 bölüm)
Dersim’in Dersi-Kırık Bir Şehir Hikayesi – 2017
Bi'çaresizlikten Bi'çareye – 2017
Sanayinin Sonsuz Işığında – 2017 (6 episodes)
Almanya’ya Göçün Hatıra Defteri – 2017 (7 episodes)
Events are free of charge. Invitations can be obtained, on the day of the event, one hour prior to the event, at the Akbank Sanat ticket counter.