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Çağan Irmak

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer | * 04/04/1970 (53) | Seferihisar (Turkey)
Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004–2005) and Asmalı Konak (2002–2004), and for the hit films Alone (2008) and My Father and My Son (2005), for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director. He studied Radio, TV and Film Studies at Ege University Faculty of Communications, receiving the Sedat Simavi Award for two short films, Masal (The Tale) and Kurban (The Sacrifice), which he made in the course of his studies. After graduating in 1992, he worked in cinema and television as an assistant director to Orhan Oğuz, Mahinur Ergun, Filiz Kaynak and Yusuf Kurçenli, and was awarded first prize by IFSAK for his short film Play Me Old and Wise (1998). He wrote and directed the TV series Good Morning Brother Istanbul (1998–2001) on atv, and the TV film Strawberry Cake (2000) before achieving some early success with his first feature film, Wish Me Luck (2001), which Rekin Teksoy describes as "un... ()
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Çağan Irmak is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004–2005) and Asmalı Konak (2002–2004), and for the hit films Alone (2008) and My Father and My Son (2005), for which he received Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director.He studied Radio, TV and Film Studies at Ege University Faculty of Communications, receiving the Sedat Simavi Award for two short films, Masal (The Tale) and Kurban (The Sacrifice), which he made in the course of his studies. After graduating in 1992, he worked in cinema and television as an assistant director to Orhan Oğuz, Mahinur Ergun, Filiz Kaynak and Yusuf Kurçenli, and was awarded first prize by IFSAK for his short film Play Me Old and Wise (1998).He wrote and directed the TV series Good Morning Brother Istanbul (1998–2001) on atv, and the TV film Strawberry Cake (2000) before achieving some early success with his first feature film, Wish Me Luck (2001), which Rekin Teksoy describes as "unremarkable",[2] and collaborations with Mahinur Ergun on the hit TV series Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı (2001) for TRT, and Asmalı Konak (2002–2004) for atv, for which he received numerous awards.A period of great success followed with popular TV series Çemberimde Gül Oya (2004–2005) on Kanal D, and hit films Everything About Mustafa (2004) and My Father and My Son (2005), which according to Rekin Teksoy "successfully exploited the melodramatic idiom and was a huge box-office success,"[2] which, "showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences"[1] as well as receiving six Turkish Cinema Writers Association Awards including Best Director.Following this he wrote and directed several installment in the TV horror film series Kabuslar Evi for FOX, and the film The Messenger before achieving another popular success with the film Alone (2008). Since then he has made the short film Düşlerimdeki Atatürk (2008), the TV series Yol Arkadaşım (2008–2009) for Star and the film In Darkness (2009). He has been productive in the last years and has produced 4 additional films: Sleeping Princess (2010), My Grandfather's People (2011), Are We Ok? (2012) and Whisper If I Forget (2014).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Mystery

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Movies with Çağan Irmak as Actor(3)

as Prisoner-22007 At the Bar
as Hakan2005 Gece 11.45
as Engin2000 Çilekli Pasta

Movies with Çağan Irmak as Crew(49)

Directing/Director2023 Sevda Mecburi İstikamet
Writing/Screenplay2023 Sevda Mecburi İstikamet
Writing/Screenplay2020 Για Πάντα
Directing/Director2018 Bizi Hatirla
Writing/Writer2018 Bizi Hatirla
Directing/Director2018 Çocuklar Sana Emanet
Writing/Writer2018 Çocuklar Sana Emanet
Directing/Director2016 Benim Adım Feridun
Directing/Director2015 A Unique Life
Writing/Scenario Writer2015 A Unique Life
Directing/Director2014 Whisper If I Forget
Directing/Director2013 Are We Ok?
Writing/Writer2013 Are We Ok?
Directing/Director2011 My Grandfather's People
Writing/Writer2011 My Grandfather's People
Directing/Director2010 Sleeping Princess
Writing/Writer2010 Sleeping Princess
Directing/Director2009 In Darkness
Directing/Director2008 Alone
Writing/Writer2008 Alone
Directing/Director2008 Ulak
Writing/Writer2008 Ulak
Writing/Writer2007 From The Darkness
Directing/Director2006 Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan
Writing/Writer2006 Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan
Directing/Director2006 Kabuslar Evi: Takip
Writing/Writer2006 Kabuslar Evi: Takip
Directing/Director2005 My Father and My Son
Writing/Writer2005 My Father and My Son
Directing/Director2004 Everything About Mustafa
Writing/Writer2004 Everything About Mustafa
Directing/Director2002 Bana Şans Dile
Writing/Writer2002 Bana Şans Dile
Directing/Director2000 Çilekli Pasta
Writing/Writer2000 Çilekli Pasta
Directing/Director1998 Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş
Writing/Writer1998 Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş
Directing/Director1998 Bana Old and Wise'ı Çal

TV Shows/Series with Çağan Irmak as Crew(9)

Directing/Director2023 Creature
Writing/Writer2023 Creature
Creator/Creator2023 Creature
Directing/Director2021 Yeşilçam
Creator/Creator2018 Gülizar
Directing/Director2013 Lovebird
Directing/Director2011 Keşanlı Ali Destanı
Creator/Creator2008 Yol Arkadaşım
Creator/Creator2004 The Rose and the Thorn

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Full Name: Çağan Irmak
Citizenship: Turkey
Born: Saturday, 04/04 1970 (April) in Seferihisar (Turkey) (current age: 53 years + 360 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Turkish (TR)
Educated at: Ege University
Other names for Çağan Irmak (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Çagan Irmak"
"Чаган Ырмак"
Çağan Irmak frequently works together with these people:
Bilge Şen (13x, Actress)
Sükrü Avsar (8x, Crew)
Şerif Sezer (6x, Actress)
Hümeyra (5x, Actress)
Uluç Bayraktar (5x, Crew)
Çetin Tekindor (4x, Actor)
Yetkin Dikinciler (4x, Actor)
Rusen Daghan (4x, Crew)
Serdar Akar (3x, Crew)
Fikret Kuşkan (3x, Actor)
Şükrü Avşar (3x, Crew)
Goncagül Sunar (2x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:579695, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024