Aslı Özge (1975 -   )

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Aslı Özge was born in Istanbul in 1975. He completed his undergraduate education at Marmara University, Department of Cinema and Television. While he was a student at the university, he shot a short film called "Capital Letter C". This short film was screened at many festivals. Aslı Özge, who moved to Germany after university, shot her first feature film, "A Little April", in 2003 with the support of the German Cinema and Television Academy. His first documentary film, "Novices of Hesperos", was released in 2005. In the 2009 film "Köprüdekiler", for which he was the director and screenwriter, he wrote the story of three people living different lives who intersect on the Bosphorus Bridge. He both directed and wrote the scripts of the films "Hayatboyu" (2013) and "Ansızın" (2016). Finally, he sat in the director's chair in the movie "Black Box", which was released in our country on August 10, 2023. 

Screenwriter Filmography

A Little April, 2003, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Actors: Fatih Alas, Dagmar Gabier, Thomas Gerber, Producer: Aslı Özge.

Those on the Bridge, 2009, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut İlker, Bülent Demirkıran, Belma Topkaçar, Serkan Özcan, Cemile İlker, İbrahim Çayırcı, Producer: Aslı Özge , Fabian Massah.

Hayatboyu, 2013, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser, Gizem Akman, Onur Dikmen, Haktan Pak, Cüneyt Cebenoyan, Süreyya Güzel, Producer: Willem Baptist, Bero Beyer Rebekka, Garrido Mete Gümürhan, Tore Karahan Enis, Kostepen Kaan, Kurbanoglu Verona, Meierr Gerhard Meixner, Nadir Operli Roman Paul.

Suddenly, 2016, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Sebastian Hülk, Julia Jenstch, Hanns Zischler, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Luise Heyer, Lea Draeger, Natalia Draeger, Producer: Aslı Özge, Fabian Massah Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Simon Arnal, Carole Scotta, Georges Schoucair.

Black Box, 2023, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut İlker, Bülent Demirkıran, Belma Topkaçar, Serkan Özcan, Cemile İlker, İbrahim Çayırcı, Producer: Till Derenbach, Michael Souvignier

 

Producer Filmography

A Little April, 2003, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Actors: Fatih Alas, Dagmar Gabier, Thomas Gerber, Producer: Aslı Özge.

Those on the Bridge, 2009, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut İlker, Bülent Demirkıran, Belma Topkaçar, Serkan Özcan, Cemile İlker, İbrahim Çayırcı, Producer: Aslı Özge , Fabian Massah.

Suddenly, 2016, Director: Aslı Özge, Screenplay: Aslı Özge, Director of Photography: Emre Erkmen, Cast: Sebastian Hülk, Julia Jenstch, Hanns Zischler, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Luise Heyer, Lea Draeger, Natalia Draeger, Producer: Aslı Özge, Fabian Massah Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Simon Arnal, Carole Scotta, Georges Schoucair.

Awards: 

Suddenly (2016)

35th Istanbul International Film Festival (2016) “FIPRESCI Award” (Aslı Özge)

For Life (2013)

International Istanbul Film Festival (2013) “Golden Tulip Best Director”, “Golden Tulip Best Cinematography”

Lecce European Film Festival (2014) “Best Actor” (Defne Halman)

2014 Festival del Cinema Europeo “SNGCI Award” “Best European Actor”

People on the Bridge (2009)

28th Istanbul International Film Festival (2009) “Golden Tulip Best Turkish Film of the Year”

16th Adana Film Festival “Best Film” 

21st Ankara Film Festival (2010) “Best Film” “Best Editing” “Selection Committee Acting Special Awards”

Sale International Women's Film Festival (2010) “Best Actor”

Source

Saglam, Halil Ibrahim. (2013) White Turks Trapped in Modern Urban Life: Lifelong. https://filmhafizasi.com/modern-kent-yasamina-hapsolmus-beyaz-turkler-hayatboyu/ (Access Date: 01.11.2023).

Turker, Hamide. (2023). Black Box with Aslı Özge.https://www.piyasa.de/asli-ozge-ile-black-box/ (Access Date: 02.11.2023).

Yazer, Hamide. (2016). Aslı Özge.https://web.archive.org/web/20170828121910/http://www.tsa.org.tr/tr/kisi/kisibio/6567/asli-ozge (Access Date: 01.11.2023).