Mahinur Ergün (1956 -   ) 

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Mahinur Ergün was born in Bursa in 1956. Ergün, who studied high school at Üsküdar American Girls' High School, completed her university education at Ankara University, School of Press and Broadcasting, Department of Cinema and Television. After his education, Ergün started working as an advertising producer. Ergün, who shot short films in the cinema club he founded with his friends for a long time, worked as an advertising director for a while until he shot his first film. He had his first assistant experience with Sinan Çetin. In 1987, he shot a video called "A Foreign Love". Ergün's first feature film, "Night Dance Prisoners", for which he wrote the script,  He shot the movie in 1988. In 1989, he took the director's chair for the second time with the movie "Medcezir Manzaraları". Kadir İnanır and Zuhal Olcay starred in the film. Ergün, who won the "Best Film" and "Best Director" awards at the 3rd Ankara Film Festival, discussed the weaknesses of women against authoritarian men in this film. 

Thanks to the success of the movie "Medcezir Manzaraları", Ergün shot the movie "Ay Vakti" in 1993, with support from the Ministry of Culture. This film won the "Best Actress" (Füsun Demirel) award at the Ankara Film Festival. Ergün, who later concentrated on television-oriented series, also worked as the screenwriter of the TV series "Asmalı Konak" (2003). 

 

Screenwriter Filmography

Ölü Bir Deniz, 1983, Director: Atıf Yılmaz, Screenplay: Mahinur Ergun, Director of Photography: Erdal Kahraman, Music:  Selim Atakan, Cast: Türkan Şoray, Rutkay Aziz, Özdemir İnce, Turgay Betil, Tarık Günersel, Dursun Ali Sarıoğlu, Sermin Karaali, Producer: Cengiz Ergun.

Night Dance Prisoners, 1988, Director: Mahinur Ergün, Screenplay: Mahinur Ergün, Director of Photography: Erdoğan Engin, Music: Fuat Domaniç, Actors: Hülya Koçyiğit, Cihan Ünal, Amanda Janet Grant, Orçun Sonat, Sühan Baydar, Ali Sürmeli, Meltem Savcı , Selahattin Duman Producer: Hakan Balamir.

Medcezir Landscapes, 1989, Director: Mahinur Ergün, Screenplay: Mahinur Ergün, Neslihan Eyüpoğlu, Director of Photography: Ümit Ardabak, Music: Derya Köroğlu, Actors: Kadir İnanır, Zuhal Olcay, Yılmaz Zafer, Bülent Bilgiç, Bülent Ufuk, Zerrin Doğan, Baki Tamer, Meral Çetinkaya, Ümit Yesin, Producer: Erhan Erzurumlu.

Ay Vakti, 1993, Director: Mahinur Ergün, Screenplay: Mahinur Ergün, Director of Photography: Uğur İçbak, Music: Can Hakgüder, Actors: Müşfik Kenter, Zuhal Olcay, Füsun Demirel, Tuncer Necmioğlu, Serra Yılmaz, Nurettin Şen, Mehmet Kartal, Belgin Sunal, Ece Sevgen, Producer: Kadri Yurdatap.

 

Awards: 

Tide Landscapes (1988)

3rd Ankara Film Festival (1990) “Best Film”, “Best Director” (Mahinur Ergün), “Best Actress” (Zuhal Olcay), “Best Actor” (Kadir İnanır)

Moon Time (1993)

Ministry of Culture (1994) “Cinema Achievement Award”

6th International Film Festival (1994) “Best Supporting Actress” (Füsun Demirel)

 

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.