Tayfun Belet

Tayfun Belet is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.[1]


Tayfun Belet
Born
Tayfun Belet

OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2006–present

Biography

Originally born into a family from Urfa/Siverek, was born in Izmir. He was influenced by Yılmaz Güney movies in his early years. He studied high school at Fatma Saygun Anadolu Lisesi and continued studying university at Yaşar University on a full scholarship at the Radio, Cinema and Television department. He then continued his masters at the same school and finished the Art and Design program. He is continuing his academic career as a teacher in the same department. He started filming short films when he was in high school. In 2006, before he started his directing career, he worked as a director assistant for many directors. Tayfun Belet, who has been responsible for 10 documentary-cinema films, has also worked on many commercials for popular brands.

He has directed many series of documentaries for outsourcing internationally. He generally uses the themes of women, children and hope in his films. He utilizes the traditional culture of the east and infuses it with the modern life of the west. He has adopted an aesthetic focus in his work. Tayfun Belet is internationally accepted as one of the main representers of Turkish documentary-cinema. His films have met their viewers in over 30 countries. His films have been the subject in many magazines and newspapers, especially in America, India, France and Germany. He has been a part of the jury in many film festivals and has advised many festival documentary-cinema films. For the music in his films, he has worked with Erkin Koray, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Cengiz Onural, İncesaz, Jah Wobble and Ömer Oral. He has taken responsibility of editing and directing photography in his movies himself. Tayfun Belet has proven to have his own unique style in cinema and is the owner of the company named Tabu Film Production.

Filmography

Year Name Awards
2006 Anılarla Atatürk ("Remembering Atatürk")
2009 Kahve ("Coffee")
2009 Kalay ("Tin")
2011 İfrat ("Overkill") Ahmadabad Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
Cinemalaya Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Kraków Film Festival, Kraków Dragon Award. 2011
International Didor Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
Jakarta Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
International Dungog Film Festival, Official Selection. 2011
2013 Sterliçya ("Bird of Paradise") Dld Summit, Special Screening. 2013
Dld, Gratitude Plaque. 2013
2013 Yüksek Yerin Halkı ("People of the High Place") International Pergamon Festival, Special Screening. 2014
2014 Çırak ("The Apprentice")[2] 6. TRT Documentary Awards, International Professional Category, Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Culture Tourism, Special Prize. 2014
International Pergamon Festival, Special Screening. 2014
UNESCO, Success Award. 2014
SABC Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Human District Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016
International Amsterdam Craft in Focus Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016
Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
2014 Havin ("Havin")
2015 Çekirdek ve Makara ("The Reel and the Sunflower Seeds") 7. TRT Documentary Awards, International Professional Category, Finalist. 2015
2016 Akvaryumda Sessiz, Sakin ("Peace and Quiet in the Aquarium") BUZZ CEE - International Buzau Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Balkan Film Food Festival, Official Selection. 2016
SABC International Ekurhuleni Film Festival, Finalist. 2016
International Baikal Film Festivali, Official Selection. 2016
International One Country One Film Festival, Official Selection. 2016

References

  1. "Tayfun Belet". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. "Tayfun Belet: 'Filmlerimde insan-mekan-meslek üçgeninde buluyorum kendimi'". Öteki Sinema (in Turkish). 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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