Ezel Akay
Ezel Akay is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.
Life and work
After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Boğaziçi University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University.Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkish production company IFR, he worked as copywriter, theatre director and –actor. Since the foundation of his film production company IFR, Ezel Akay directed more than 500 commercials.
In 1996 Ezel Akay produced, together with the Turkish film director Dervis Zaim, Zaim's debut feature Somersault in a Coffin, which won several national and international prizes. Where's Firuze? was the first feature, which Ezel Akay directed.
Filmography
- 1996: Somersault in a Coffin
- 1999: Journey to the Sun
- 2001: Elephants and Grass '
- 2001: The Waterfall
- 2004: Where's Firuze? ',
- 2005: Making Boats out of Watermellon Rinds
- 2005: Robbery Alla Turca ',
- 2006: Killing the Shadows ',
- 2006: The Road Home
- 2007: Adam and the Devil '
- 2007: Sözün Bittiği Yer
- 2007: Hicran Sokağı
- 2009: 7 Husbands for Hürmüz ',
- 2011: Gümüş Lale Burası Osmanlı 1711
- 2013: F Type Film - 9 jail stories,
- 2014: Küçük Kara Balıklar
- 2017: Martıların Efendisi
- 2020: Leyla Everlasting,
- 2020: Yarım Kalan Aşklar