Pelin Esmer


Photograph by Muammer Yanmaz

Pelin Esmer was born in Istanbul in 1972. She majored in sociology at Bosphorus University. After graduating, she took classes at director Yavuz Özkan's film workshop. She worked as an assistant director in a number of Turkish and foreign film productions, and directed a documentary, Koleksiyoncu (The Collector). She recieved the Best Documentary Award at Rome Independent Film Festival, and won third place at Ankara Film Festival. She is currently a lecturer on documentary filmmaking at Kadir Has University Film Radio and TV Department in Istanbul.


 

Filmography

2002 Koleksiyoncu (belgesel) / The Collector (documentary)
2002 Kar (kisa) / Snow (short)
2005 Oyun (belgesel) / The Play (documentary)