Tayfun PirselimoÄŸlu (born 1959, Trabzon) is a Turkish director, screenwriter and producer. Pirselimoglu graduated from Middle East Technical University after which he went to Vienna and studied painting at Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst (Academy of Applied Arts) He held various exhibitions in different cities of the world, including Vienna, Istanbul, Ankara, Budapest, Tallinn, etc. He is one of the founders of the independent art initiative of Akademie Genius which he lectured on scriptwriting, cinema, and painting. He also conducted workshops on film making in Wien, Athens, Ankara, etc. Pirselimoglu wrote six novels(Tales from the Desert, Album of the Missing Persons, Melancholia, Towers of the City, Kerr and the Barber) and three storybooks (Rooms of the Hotels, The Newest Lives of Harry Lime and Other Side of the Desert). He started his film career as a scriptwriter and wrote various scripts of shorts and features. He directed his first short film ‘Dayim’ (My Uncle) in 1999 and then ‘Il Silenzio e d’Oro’ (Silent is Golden) in 2002; both have received numerous international awards. In 2002 he also shot ‘Hiçbiryerde’ (In Nowhereland), his first feature film supported by Eurimages which has also received many awards. He shot the trilogy of ‘conscience and death’ including ‘Riza’ (Riza) 2007 premiered in Berlinale Forum, ‘Pus’ (Haze) 2009 premiered as well in Berlinale Forum, and ‘Saç’ (Hair) 2010 premiered in Locarno FF, all awarded. SIDEWAY (2017) premiered in Warsaw and has received 6 awards by many festivals. The shooting of his last feature film, adapted from the book named Kerr, was completed in 2020.
Tayfun PirselimoÄŸlu Biography / Wiki
| Name | Tayfun PirselimoÄŸlu |
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| Gender | N/A |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Trabzon, Turkey |
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| Age(as in 2022) | 0 |
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Tayfun PirselimoÄŸlu Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Rıza | Director | 2007-02-14 | Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tri… |
| I Am Not Him | Director | 2013-11-09 | Nihat, an introverted employee in a hospital cafeteria, is confused by AyÅŸe, a mysterious woman who just started working there as a dishwasher. Her o… |
| Hair | Director | 2010-08-12 | A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day…. |
| Haze | Director | 2010-05-28 | ReÅŸat, a withdrawn and asocial young man who works at a pirate DVD shop, represses his feelings for the girl next door, and adds excitement to his li… |
| In Nowhere Land | Director | 2002-09-20 | Sükran’s son Veysel works in a factory. Suffering as a result of her husband’s political actions, she tries to save her son from the same fate…. |
| Sideway | Director | 2017-10-14 | The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing i… |
| My Uncle | Director | 1999-09-11 | “My Uncle†tells the story of a man who realizes his passion for flying one day and descends into the desert 42 years later, through his nephew’… |
| Idea | Director | Kemal is a guard at an empty villa belonging to a dark businessman outside the city. One night, he finds a book called IDEA, left by someone whose fac… | |
| Kerr | Director | 2022-04-18 | Can witnesses a murder in a small town. The police don’t allow him to leave after his testimony. On the other hand, a quarantine is declared due to ra… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Hair | Screenplay | 2010-08-12 | A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day…. |
| Haze | Screenplay | 2010-05-28 | ReÅŸat, a withdrawn and asocial young man who works at a pirate DVD shop, represses his feelings for the girl next door, and adds excitement to his li… |
| In Nowhere Land | Writer | 2002-09-20 | Sükran’s son Veysel works in a factory. Suffering as a result of her husband’s political actions, she tries to save her son from the same fate…. |
| The Trace | Writer | 1994-01-01 | Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in h… |
| Pains of Autumn | Writer | 2009-12-23 | When a nationalistic wealthy landowner’s idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and polit… |
| Otel | Writer | 1992-01-01 | The film is an investigation of a hotel that no one can leave…. |
| Kerr | Writer | 2022-04-18 | Can witnesses a murder in a small town. The police don’t allow him to leave after his testimony. On the other hand, a quarantine is declared due to ra… |
| Sideway | Writer | 2017-10-14 | The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing i… |
| I Am Not Him | Screenplay | 2013-11-09 | Nihat, an introverted employee in a hospital cafeteria, is confused by AyÅŸe, a mysterious woman who just started working there as a dishwasher. Her o… |
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