Ezel Akay (born 20 January 1961) is a Turkish

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, film director and film producer.

Life and work

After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has six faculties and tw ...

, he was trained as actor at the US-American

Villanova University Villanova University is a private Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1842 and named after Saint Thomas of Villanova. The university is the oldest Catholic university in Penns ...

. Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkish

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''IFR'', he worked as copywriter,

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

and –actor. Since the foundation of his film production company ''IFR'', Ezel Akay directed more than 500

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s. In 1996 Ezel Akay produced together with the Turkish film director Dervis Zaim for Zaim's debut feature

Somersault in a Coffin ''Somersault in a Coffin'' ( tr, Tabutta Rövaşata) is a 1996 Turkish film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about a homeless criminal and car thief. The film, which was released on , received awards at several international film festivals ...

, which won several national and international prizes. Where's Firuze? was the first

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, which Ezel Akay directed.

Filmography

*1996:

(''Tabutta Rövaşata'') (producer) *1999: Journey to the Sun (''Güneşe Yolculuk'') (executive producer) *2001: Elephants and Grass ''(Filler ve Çimen)'' (actor) *2001: The Waterfall (producer, actor) *2004: Where's Firuze? ''(Neredesin Firuze)'', (director, producer, actor) *2005: Making Boats out of Watermellon Rinds (''Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak'') (producer) *2005: Robbery Alla Turca ''(Hırsız Var!)'', (actor) *2006: Killing the Shadows ''(Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?)'', (director, producer, writer, and actor) *2006: The Road Home (''Eve Giden Yol'') (actor) *2007: Adam and the Devil ''(Adem'in Trenleri)'' (producer, actor) *2007: Sözün Bittiği Yer (actor) *2007: Hicran Sokağı (actor) *2009: 7 Husbands for Hürmüz ''(7 Kocalı Hürmüz)'', (director, actor) *2011: Gümüş Lale Burası Osmanlı 1711 (director, scriptwriter) *2013: F Type Film - 9 jail stories, (director, actor - episode 2) *2014: Küçük Kara Balıklar (director) *2017: Martıların Efendisi (actor) *2020: Leyla Everlasting (''9 Kere Leyla''), (director, producer, scriptwriter) *2020: Yarım Kalan Aşklar (actor)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akay, Ezel 1961 births Living people Turkish male film actors Turkish film directors Turkish film producers Turkish people of Circassian descent Turkish mechanical engineers Best Director Golden Boll Award winners People from İnegöl Boğaziçi University alumni Villanova University alumni