ABOUT ME

Born in Ankara, Okul has nurtured a vivid visual imagination ever since she first looked at the world through the viewfinder of her father’s camera. She spent her early childhood in Nienburg, Germany. As clumsy as the sentence “Ich möchte euch kucken kamera” (I want to look through the camera) may sound, it was the phrase she repeatedly said to her father whenever she held his Hi8 camcorder. In fact, the desire to view the world through a camera has remained her life motto to this day.

 

After studying Visual Communication and Design for merely a semester in 2006, she transferred to the Department of Cinema and Television. She began her professional career that same year as a production assistant and assistant director. In 2010, she graduated from Bahçeşehir University. Two of her short films, Tayf and Dem, received awards in various international and national film festivals during the same year.

 

During her university years, she attended academic English programs in Los Angeles and London. Several years after graduation, she decided to leave Istanbul once again, this time for New York City. There, she took courses in screenwriting, directing, and cinematography at NYFA and SVA

 

Her short film Bendeki Sen, which she wrote, directed, and produced, received awards after being screened at various international and national film festivals. She directed several commercials as well as a 24-episode Web Series "Ve Kapı Çalar”.

 

With her background in method acting, she’s able to communicate with and direct talents more effectively. She also believes that combining her strong visual imagination with the creative storytelling nature of filmmaking creates a unique harmony.

 

While continuing her work as a director and producer, she stays fueled by curiosity and a deep fascination with human nature. She will always be driven by the dream of creating films and shows inspired by real life, real people and just a pinch of drama :)

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