Sunar Kural Aytuna (1954 - 2020)

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Sunar Kural Aytuna was born in Bursa in 1954. He continued his education in Izmir until he started university. He completed his undergraduate education at Ankara University, School of Press and Broadcasting. He started working at Anka Agency when he was in his third year at university. After graduation, he became the Izmir representative of the agency. Aytuna, who returned to Ankara after leaving his job here,  He started writing in newspapers. In 1980, he passed the TRT exam and became an assistant producer. Aytuna, who took part in many productions, shot her first and only film, "The Sea was Waiting", in 1996. He wrote the script of the film together with Mehmet Tekirdağ.

 

Screenwriter Filmography

Deniz was waiting, 1996, Director: Sunar Kural Aytuna, Screenplay: Sunar Kural Aytuna, Mehmet Tekirdağ, Director of photography: Yusuf Güven, Music: Ali Otyam, Cast: Ayşegül Aldinç, Fikret Kuşkan, Şebnem Doğuer Taçal, Payidar Tüfekçioğlu, Nilüfer Açıkalın, Ozan Bilen, Parla Şenol, Tuncer Necmioğlu, Kemal İnci, Belgin Güven, Mazlum Çimen, Producer: Selim Aşkın.

 

Source

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.