Kaplan Film Production

HONEY /DIRECTOR

SEMİH KAPLANOĞLU

Semih Kaplanoglu was born in 1963, in Izmir. He received BS in Cinema- Television from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir in 1984.

He began his career as a copywriter in Güzel Sanatlar Saatchi& Saatchi and Young&Rubicam. He worked as an assistant cameraman for "Old Houses - Old Masters: Houses of the Western Mediterranean" and "Mimar Sinan", two award winning documentaries by Süha Arın.

He wrote and directed "Şehnaz Tango", a highly acclaimed sitcom aired on Show TV and Inter Star TV Channels for 52 episodes.

Semih Kaplanoglu, has also written many articles based on plastic arts and cinema, which were translated into foreign languages and published in such magazines and journals as Gergedan, Gösteri, Cumhuriyet, and Sanat Dünyamız between 1987 and 2003. He designed the Icon Exhibit Catalog for "Iconoclasts", an exhibition of Erol Akyavaş held in St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum in 1990. He had a column entitled Karşılaşmalar (Encounters) between 1996- 2000 in Radikal, a national daily newspaper.

1984	MOBAPP Diploma Film Director - Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu 16mm/ B&W / 14'
1993	ASANSÖR / ELEVATOR Director - Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu 8mm/ Color/ 11'
2000	HERKES KENDİ EVİNDE / AWAY FROM HOME Director - Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu Music: Selim Atakan Cinematography: Hayk Kirakosyan Editing: Hakan Akol, Onur Tan Sound: İsmail Karadaş Cast: Erol Keskin, Anna Bielska, Tolga Çevik 35mm/ Color/ 117'
2004	MELEĞİN DÜŞÜŞÜ / ANGEL'S FALL Director - Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu Music: Edward Grieg (Heart's Wounds) Cinematography: Eyüp Boz Editing: Ayhan Ergürsel, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Suzan Hande Güneri Sound: İsmail Karadaş Cast : Tülin Özen, Budak Akalın, Musa Karagöz, Engin Doğan 35mm/ Color / 98' Producer: Semih Kaplanoğlu Production Company: Kaplan Film Production Co-Producer: Lilette Botassi / Inkas Film (Greece)
2007	YUMURTA / EGG Director - Screenplay: Semih Kaplanoğlu Cinematography: Özgür Eken Editing: Ayhan Ergürsel, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Suzan Hande Güneri Sound: İsmail Karadaş Cast: Nejat İşler, Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Gülçin Şantırcıoğlu 35mm/ Color / 97’ Producer: Semih Kaplanoğlu Production Company: Kaplan Film Yapım Co-Producer: Lilette Botassi / Inkas Film (Greece)
2008	SÜT / MILK Director - Screenwriter - Semih Kaplanoğlu Cinematography- Özgür Eken Editing- François Quiquere Sound- Marc Nouyrigat Cast- Melih Selçuk, Başak Köklükaya, Rıza Akın, Saadet Işıl Aksoy 35mm / Color / 102’ Producer- Semih Kaplanoğlu Production Company- Kaplan Film Production Co-producers- Guillaume de Seille (Arizona Films - France) - Bettina Brokemper, Johannes Rexin (Heimatfilm- Germany)
2010	BAL / HONEY Director - Screenwriter - Semih Kaplanoğlu Cinematography- Barış Ösbiçer Editing- Ayhan Ergürsel, S.Hande Güneri, Semih Kaplanoğlu Sound- Matthias Haeb Cast- Bora Altaş, Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Tülin Özen, Alev Uçarer 35mm / Color/ 103’ Producer- Semih Kaplanoğlu Production Company- Kaplan Film Production Co-producers- Johannes Rexin - Bettina Brokemper (Heimatfilm- Germany)

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