Umit Unal


Photograph by Muammer Yanmaz

Born in Tire in 1965, Ümit Ünal completed his education in the Cinema-TV division of the Fine Arts Department at Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, and won various awards in national competitions for the short films he made while in school. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant director, and wrote screenplays. In 2002 he completed Dokuz (Nine), which became Turkey’s first DV-to-35mm feature film.


 

Filmography

2001 Dokuz / Nine
2005 Anlat Istanbul / Istanbul Tales