Handan İpekçi (1956 -   )

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Handan İpekçi was born in Ankara in 1956. He completed his undergraduate education in the Radio and Television Department of Gazi University, School of Press and Broadcasting. İpekçi did an internship at TRT Istanbul television in 1986. After graduating from university, İpekçi started working at TRT and worked as an assistant in many productions until 1993. He later left TRT because he wanted to direct. With the support of the Ministry of Culture, he directed the documentary "Kemençenin Türküsü" (1993). In 1994, he shot the movie "My Father is in the Military", the script of which he wrote and directed. İpekçi also produced the movie "My Father is in the Military". This film, which tells the story of three children whose families were detained in the September 12 coup, received the "Promising New Director" and "Promising New Screenwriter" awards at the 7th Ankara Film Festival in 1995. 

In 2001, he took the director's chair for the second time with the movie "Big Man Little Love", for which he wrote and produced the script. He wrote and directed the films "Hidden Faces" (2007) and "Çınar Ağaç" (2011). While the movie "Hidden Faces" told the story of a woman who had to be killed due to custom, the story of a retired female teacher in need of care was discussed in the movie "Çınar Ağaç".

 

Screenwriter Filmography

My Father is in the Military, 1994, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Tevfik Şenol, Music: Sinan Hatipoğlu, Cast: Gülnihal Yazıcı, Yunus Gencer, Zuhal Gencer, Ceylan Öcal, Füsun Demirel, Yasemin Alkaya, Selçuk Ülvergüven, Nurettin Şen, Mehmet Atak, Ali Sürmeli, İ. Hakkı Şen, Murat Dal, Saim Yavuz, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

Big Man Little Love, 2001, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Erdal Kahraman, Music: Mazlum Çimen, Serdar Yalçın, Actors: Şükran Güngör, Dilan Erçetin, Füsun Demirel, Yıldız Kenter, İ. Hakkı Şen, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

Hidden Faces, 2007, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Feza Çaldıran, Ümit Ardabak, Music: Anima, Cast: Şenay Aydın, İştar Gökseven, Berk Hakman, Cem Bender, Nisa Yıldırım, Füsun Demirel, Dilan Erçetin , Bahar Aydın, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

Çınar Ağaç, 2011, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Feza Çaldıran, Music: Kemal S. Gürel, Ayşe Önder, Mayki (Murat Başaran), Levent Güneş, Cast: Nurgül Yeşilçay, Celile Toyon, Deniz Deha Lostar, Settar Tanrıöğen, Suzan Aksoy, Jülide Kural, Hüseyin Avni Danyal, Ragıp Savaş, Ebru Özkan, Nejat İşler and Erol Keskin, Producer: Necati Akpınar.

 

Producer Filmography 

My Father is in the Military, 1994, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Tevfik Şenol, Music: Sinan Hatipoğlu, Cast: Gülnihal Yazıcı, Yunus Gencer, Zuhal Gencer, Ceylan Öcal, Füsun Demirel, Yasemin Alkaya, Selçuk Ülvergüven, Nurettin Şen, Mehmet Atak, Ali Sürmeli, İ. Hakkı Şen, Murat Dal, Saim Yavuz, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

Big Man Little Love, 2001, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Erdal Kahraman, Music: Mazlum Çimen, Serdar Yalçın, Actors: Şükran Güngör, Dilan Erçetin, Füsun Demirel, Yıldız Kenter, İ. Hakkı Şen, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

Hidden Faces, 2007, Director: Handan İpekçi, Screenplay: Handan İpekçi, Director of Photography: Feza Çaldıran, Ümit Ardabak, Music: Anima, Cast: Şenay Aydın, İştar Gökseven, Berk Hakman, Cem Bender, Nisa Yıldırım, Füsun Demirel, Dilan Erçetin , Bahar Aydın, Producer: Handan İpekçi.

 

Awards: 

My Father is in the Military (1994)

7th International Ankara Film Festival (1995) “Promising New Director”, “Promising New Director”  (Handan İpekçi)

28th Cinema Writers Association Awards (1995) “Best Screenplay” (Handan İpekçi), “Best Supporting Actress” (Zuhal Gencer)

T.R. Ministry of Culture Achievement Award (1995)

Big Man Little Love (2001)

38th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2001) “Best Film”, “Best Supporting Actor” (İsmail Hakkı Şen), “Best Supporting Actress” (Füsun Demirel), “Special Jury Award” (Dilan Erçetin)

Contemporary Cinema Actors Association (2001) “Best Actress” (Füsun Demirel), “Special Jury Award” (İsmail Hakkı Şen)

13th Ankara International Film Festival (2001) “Best Actor” (Şükran Güngör), “Best Supporting Actress” (Füsun Demirel), “Promising Actress” (Dilan Erçetin)

35th Cinema Writers Association Awards (2002) “Best Actor” (Şükran Güngör), Best Supporting Actress” (Füsun Demirel), “Best Supporting Actor” (İsmail Hakkı Şen)

26th Cairo Film Festival (2002) “Best Screenplay” (Handan İpekçi)

22nd International Istanbul Film Festival (2003) “Radikal Newspaper Public Award”

Hidden Faces (2007)

Contemporary Cinema Actors Association (2008) “Promising Actress” (Şenay Aydın)

Plane Tree (2011) 

15th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2008) “Promising Young Actress Award” (Şenay Aydın)

15th Contemporary Cinema Actors Association Awards (2008) “Best Promising Young Actress Award” (Şenay Aydın)

Source

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