Mustafa Altıoklar

Directing

Biography

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 Cinema's reconciliation with its audience; Altioklar carried on his road and proved the permanence of his success by shooting Kolera Street (1997). Altioklar's 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 well-earned 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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

Dansöz

3.3(0.0K)

Cobra, a famous oriental dancer who captivates everyone, is shot by a man she loves one day and becomes disabled. The film tells us about the world and lifestyle of the gypsies through a story of love, hate, and death.

Commissioner Shakespeare

5.7(0.0K)

After fainting in a school rehearsal, little Su is diagnosed with leukemia. As a result she is forced to give up the Snow White role she wanted so badly. Police Chief Cemil decides to stage the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at his oppressive police station. He hopes to win a TV competition in order to save his dying daughter.

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Commissioner Shakespeare

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Istanbul Beneath My Wings

6.7(0.0K)

During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought to Istanbul, and a young wounded lady named Francesca, the daughter of the killed Captain, becomes a slave for Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi.

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Istanbul Beneath My Wings

Production

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Shattered Soul

5.7(0.0K)

As dismembered legs begin appearing across Istanbul, Commissioner Fatih and his partner Doruk—a U.S.-trained forensic psychiatrist—race to catch the killer, even as Doruk’s wife Beyza, haunted by mysterious blackouts, discovers a chilling connection between her missing time and the victims.

Cholera Street

6.9(0.1K)

Salih is a mechanic and the son of a respected barber named Ali. A woman named Tina arrives at Cholera Street, where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute.

Cholera Street

6.9(0.1K)

Salih is a mechanic and the son of a respected barber named Ali. A woman named Tina arrives at Cholera Street, where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute.

The Elevator

6.0(0.0K)

Really bad samples of new generation Turkish films. This film reflects the director's non ripen cinema culture. He use too incomprehensible objects and metaphor. Basic, non merry, boring sample of non-traditional Turkish cinema.

Banyo

3.8(0.0K)

The film takes place in three bathrooms. Two of them are side-by-side and the third sees the two right across the street. In these 3 places, 3 different couples and a young voyeur boy (actually an art student who researches for a project) are described in stories. At the core of these stories there are determinations of the nature of men and women, marriage and betrayal.

The Elevator

He's in the Army Now

4.3(0.0K)

When the devastating Kocaeli earthquake occurs, the Turkish government passes a special law allowing people to complete their military service in a month.

The story of two female theater actors, Deniz and İpek. The events that take place during the rehearsals and staging of Jean Genet's play "The Balcony" are intertwined with love, indifference, passion, sexuality, and the lust for power, just like in the play itself.

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Denize Hançer Düştü

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