Berkun Oya

 
Style of Art : Writer, playwright, director, editor, actor
Branch of Art : Theater, films, TV series
Art Profile :

Berkun Oya graduated from the Theater Department at the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in 1998. In the same year, he founded the Krek Theatre with Ali Atay. Since then, Oya has served as the general director, and staged his plays such as "Adamlar", "Pasta ve Telaş", "Op′la Zo′nun Dramı", and "Yangın Duası" in the Krek Theatre. In 2002, he worked as a scenarist and producer for the TV series "Şağladan Babam Çıktı", which was broadcasted on TRT. In 2003, he dramatized Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu′s novel "Yaban" upon the request of the Istanbul State Theatre. Oya prepared, directed, and presented TV programs "Defakto" on CNN Turk (2003) and "Informan" on NTV (2005). In 2005, he shot the documentary film "Orhan Duru ve Kırmızı Büyücü Terlikleri." In 2007, Oya directed the film "İyi Seneler Londra", which was selected as one of the competition films in the 44th Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival. It was screened as an opening film in the European Independent Film Festival ECU 2008. It was nominated for the Best Film, Best Director, and Best Scenario in the Strasbourg International Film Festival; and Oya received the Best Director Award. In 2008, he served as a jury member in the Eurasia International Film Festival.

Awards:
"Aydın Arıt the Best Writer of the Year", the 1st New Theatre Magazine Exertion and Achievement Awards, 2013
"Cevat Fehmi Başkut Special Award, the Most Successful Playwright of the Year", 13th Afife Theater Awards, 2009
"The Best Director", Strasbourg International Film Festival, 2008
"The Best Lighting", 28th İsmet Küntay Theater Awards, 2004
"The Best Playwright", 27th İsmet Küntay Theater Awards, 2003
"The Best Playwright", 3rd Tiyatro Tiyatro Magazine Awards, 2003
"Promising Theatre Group to Krek Theatre", 25th Avni Dilligil Awards, 2002

Plays as an actor:
Yangın Duası : Berkun Oya, Istanbul State Theatre, 2004
Adamlar : Berkun Oya, Krek Theatre Group, 2002
Op′la Zo′nun Dramı : Berkun Oya, Krek Theatre Group, 2001
Oyunun Oyunu : Michael Frayn, Kent Actors, 1999

Plays as a playwright:
Babamın Cesetleri : Krek Theatre, 2012
Güzel Şeyler Bizim Tarafta : Krek Theatre, 2010
Hoop Gitti Kafa : Krek Theatre, 2010
Bomba (play)  : Krek Theatre, 2009
Bayrak (play)  : Krek Theatre, 2008
Yangın Duası : Istanbul State Theatre, 2004
Yaban (play)  : Istanbul State Theatre, 2003
Adamlar : Krek Theatre, 2002
Op′la Zo′nun Dramı : Krek Theatre, 2001
Adam Yiyen Adamlar : Krek Theatre, 2001
Anne Bitti : Krek Theatre, 2001
Pasta ve Telaş : Krek Theatre, 2000
Eller Yukarı Bu Bir Oyundur : Krek Theatre, 1999

Filmography:
As a director:
İyi Seneler Londra : Berkun Oya, 2007

As a scenarist:
İntikam (TV series) : Berkun Oya, 2013
Son (TV series) : Berkun Oya, 2012
Deliler / Rapor : Hakan Gürtop, 2007
İyi Seneler Londra : Berkun Oya, 2007
Şapkadan Babam Çıktı : Haluk Bener, 2003
Kör Talih : Taner İpek, 2001

As an actor: 
Sahra (TV series) : Volkan Kocatürk, 2004
Havada Bulut : Tarık Alpağut, 2002
Filler ve Çimen : Derviş Zaim, 2000
Baykuşların Saltanatı : Tülay Eratalay, 2000

As an editor:
İyi Seneler Londra : Berkun Oya, 2007
 
Reference: imdb.com, krek.net, sebastiyan.mynet.com, tr.wikipedia.org

Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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