Mustafa Alt?oklar

Born in 1958 Mustafa Altioklar began his film career by shooting short films in 1989 By winning the award of The Best New Coming Director with his first feature film Balcony at Ankara Film Festival in 1992 Altioklar drew the attention of Turkish film industry to his work With his second feature film Istanbul Under My Wings 1995 he also brought an unexpected vivacity to the Turkish Cinema whose film production had decreased dramatically and whose number of viewers had neared to nothing during the past 20 years After this contribution which is now called the rebirth of Turkish Cinemas reconciliation with its audience Altioklar carried on his road and proved the permanence of his success by shooting Kolera Street 1997 Altioklars usage of locations as actors in his films has become a characteristic of his work This trade mark became especially distinctive in his fourth feature The Elevator 1999 and his fifth The Bathroom 2005 While his direction of an ensemble cast and parallel fiction was recognized as astonishing in He is in the Army now 2002 his last film Shattered Soul 2005 has taken its wellearned place in Turkish Cinema History as being the first psychological thriller ever and was awarded with a Bronze Gryphone at 2006 in International St Petersburg Film Festival Altioklar has written all the scripts of his short and feature films