TOLGA
ÖRNEK
Tolga Örnek graduated from
the İstanbul Technical University with BS in Metallurgical
Engineering in 1994. He then went to the United States for his
masters’ degree. He earned his masters degree at the
University of Florida in Materials Science and Engineering.
Later, his passion for movies led him to a different career
path and he decided to study film. He went to the American
University in Washington, DC and graduated with an MA in Film
and Video Production in 1998. His graduation project was Atatürk,
an 81-minute English language documentary on the founder and
the first president of Turkey. He received third prize in the
Us International Film and Video Festival and was a finalist in
San Diego International Film Festival with this documentary.
In 1999,he made a 45-minute
documentary on the history of Turkey’s most favourite soccer
team, Fenerbahçe. He also produced the Topkapı
Palace Interactive CD-ROM for the Turkish and US
educational market. In the year 2000 he directed the 52-minute
English language documentary about the mysteries and
civilisations of Mount Nemrud: the Throne of the Gods.
He earned the Golden Camera award in the US International Film
and Video Festival, 2001 with this documentary. Also in 2001,
he made Çeliğin Kalbi Ereğli and in 2003 he
completed his most ambitious project The Hittites. So
far, Hittites had been very successful after the
premieres both in USA and Turkey.
His next project is also a
very big and detailed one about the Battle of Gallipoli.
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Education |
1989–1994 Istanbul
Technical University Istanbul, Turkey
- BS in Metallurgical
Engineering.
1994-1996
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
- MS in Materials
Science and Engineering.
1996-1998
American University Washington, DC |
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- MA in Film and Video
Production.
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Projects |
1998
Atatürk
- 81 minute English
language documentary on the founder and first
president of Turkey.
- Writer, Producer,
and Director.
- Third Place in US
International Film and Video Festival.
- San Diego
International Film Festival Finalist
1999
Kuruluştan Kurtuluşa Fenerbahçe
- 45 minute
documentary on the history of Turkey’s most
favorite soccer team.
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- Topkapı Palace
Interactive CD-ROM
- Produced for the
Turkish and US educational market.
- Mount Nemrud: the
Throne of the Gods
- 52 minute English
language documentary.
- Writer, Producer,
and Director.
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2001
Çeliğin Kalbi Ereğli
- Writer, Producer,
and Director.
2003
The Hittites
- Writer, Producer,
and Director.
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AWARDS |
1999 US INTERNATIONAL
FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (ATATÜRK- THIRD)
2001 US INTERNATIONAL
FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (NEMRUT- GOLDEN CAMERA)
2002
TORENTO FILM FESTIVAL RAI TELEVISION AWARD
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