Fide Meral Motan (1948 -   )

 

Fide Motan came to life in Urfa in 1948. He completed his undergraduate education at Gazi University, School of Press and Broadcasting. After his university education, he worked at Ankara Radio for eight years. Motan later moved to Ankara Television and started working as an assistant in productions.  He had his first directorial experience with the movie "Cadı Ağaç" (1994), adapted from Ayla Kutlu's novel. In 1997, he took the director's chair for the second time with the movie "The Flower of the Wrong Pot". He worked with Sabri Savcı as the director of photography in both of his films. Motan, who shot his first two films for the cinema with the support of TRT, prepared his third film, "Hepsi Bir Düştü" (1999), for television.

 

Producer Filmography

The Flower of the Wrong Pot, 1997, Director: Fide Motan, Screenplay: Atilla İlhan, Director of Photography: Sabri Savcı Selda Özer, Kerem Alışık, Yosi Mizrahi, Süeda Can, Recep Yener, Sönmez Atasoy, Gönen Aykaç, Özgür Ozan, Mahmut Gökgöz, Füsun Kostak , Producer: Fide Motan.

 

Source

Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Özgüç, Agâh. (1994). Turkish Film Directors Dictionary. Istanbul: Afa Publications.

Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.

Öztürk, S. Ruken. (2004). The “Feminine” Face of Cinema: Female Directors in Turkey. Istanbul: Om Publishing House.