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Emrah Yucel (born May 24, 1968), is a Turkish advertising and graphic designer based in
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. He specialized in motion picture advertising as well as country and city branding. Yucel was born as the son of a screenwriter mother and a film director father. While his father was working for the
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at the time, he began elementary school in
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. Those years influenced him to follow the path of a designer. After returning to Turkey, he continued his education and graduated from
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. He subsequently received a master's degree in Art, Design and Architecture from
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. He also began his professional career during those formative years, representing his country in international exhibitions, poster biennials, following with two "Designer of the Year" awards in the field of graphic design. In 1996, he moved to
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where he quickly established himself as a talented designer of corporate brands, posters for Broadway plays, and especially website designs during the infancy of the internet. Through a headhunter, he joined one of Hollywood's powerhouse entertainment advertising agencies and moved to Los Angeles in 1999. As a senior art director, he created campaigns for several top feature films for Hollywood's major studios as well as designed other, highly visible domestic and international projects. He worked on many big box-office projects such as '' Mirror Mirror'', ''
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'', '' Big Daddy'', ''The Numbers'', '' Shaft'', '' 28 Days'', etc... In 2001, he launched 'Iconisus Visual Communication Design' with his partner, an agency providing visual design, advertising, and branding services across a full spectrum of print, motion, interactive and other media. Under the umbrella of four different companies, he and his team promote a culture of creative exchange across different platforms. Emrah Yucel is also the founder of the ''Turkish Film Council'' (TFC), an organization bridging between the Turkish film industry and Hollywood. TFC lobbies to promote the Turkish film industry in the US. Council's bill preparation efforts led the Turkish parliament to pass incentives, attracting foreign filmmakers to use Turkey as a location (The International, starring Clive Owen and
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, shot by Sony Pictures in
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, Turkey being one of them). With the new incentive law, Turkey joined the list of preferred countries. Concurrently, Yucel is developing several film projects. ''40'' is the first film of his career as producer. He was a member of the jury at the 2007 Antalya International Film Festival, and the 2008 Lucie Awards (awarded in the field of international photography). Among the awards he has are Key-Art Awards,
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, Sunset Billboard Award. In 2009, he and his team have been awarded the "Designer of the Year " title by International Design Awards. Most recently, the
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has deemed his campaign for Turkish Tourism as the best 'country advertising' in
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. Yucel currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.


Awards

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Gold American Horror Story, Outdoor-Static Campaign Agency: Iconisus - Emrah Yucel & Stephan Lapp *PromaxBDA Award


References


External links

*Emrah Yucel http://www.emrahyucel.com *
Interview with Yucel
BAK (magazine), BAK Magazine
Emrah Yücel sets his mind on getting Turkish cinema into Hollywood 26 May 2010
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yucel, Emrah Living people 1968 births Film poster artists Hacettepe University alumni Bilkent University alumni Artists from New York City