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- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- CHILDHOOD Yusuf Aslanyürek was born in Moscow in 1982. He took an eager interest in software development when he was kid, which later led him to be a professional as a "software development and security specialist". He developed a passion for filmmaking when he was working as a "network and security specialist" at "IFR Anima", a film production company he started to work for in 1997. In 1998, he worked as an assistant camera operator in Semih Kaplanoglu's project, "Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away from Home)". Thanks to his excellent command in Arabic, Russian and English languages, he has taken part in various commercial projects by foreign production teams. Following his works as assistant camera in projects "Sellale (The Waterfall)" in 1999 and "Mumya Firarda (Runaway Mummy)" in 2001, he took his time out of active professional life to receive a formal education.
EDUCATION Yusuf Aslanyürek started Moscow State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK -Gerasimov Institute of Cinamatography) in 2002, world's first and the longest established school of cinematography where world renowned film makers like Eisenstein, Tarkovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov studied, and he left upon his master's death in 2005 as the highest ranked student. He was carrying out his MFA studies on "Visual Effects in Cinematography" in the Cinema-TV Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University, Istanbul. He started his academic career in the same department as a lecturer in 2012, and has worked there ever since. In 2017, he completed his doctoral coursework of the PhD programme at Maltepe University, Institute of Social Sciences with the top average of 4.0/4. During his academic career, he has delivered lectures and seminars at various universities and private companies like Istanbul University, Maltepe University and SONY. He is the first and only director of photography in Turkey with SONY Independent Certified Expert (ICE) license, which he received in 2015.
CAREER He started a filmmaking company under the name of "Alternatif Sinema" in 2005 and he worked as Cocinematographer in "Hacivat ve Karagoz Neden Olduruldu (Killing the Shadows)". Following that he became the manager of laboratory at the Safak Studios where the film had been post-produced. Soon after that, he received financial backings for the production of "Eve Giden Yol (Road Home)" from Eurimage and Turkish Ministry of Culture. Later, he transferred the film rights onto Özen Film and became the DoP of the project. The film was screened in more than twenty countries, including Japan and Germany. In the years following 2006, he predominantly took parts in commercials and shot music videos for Mor ve Otesi and Tarkan, as well as many commercials for about hundred major companies like Nestle, Finansbank, and Anadolu Sigorta. In 2008, he executed the production and cinematography of "7 Avlu (Seven Courtyards)", a German-Turkish co-production backed Northmedia Film Funds, and Turkish Ministry of Culture; the film was screened in Turkey and Germany. After the accomplishment of this project, he served his short-term military service at Osmaniye 50th Ordnance Unit. After the service, he accomplished the cinematography of some sections of "F-tipi Film" and "Firtina (Storm)". In 2012, he carried out the cinematography of "Topragin Cocuklari (Sons of Soil)", a film on the "Village Institutes", which received the "Special Jury Prize" at the Antalya Film Festival. He was assigned in 2013 as the producer and cinematographer of the feature film "Lal (Mute)", co-backed by one of England's best-established firms, Blackhangar and Cinetech, and Turkish Ministry of Culture. The film was printed at CPC London and screened in London and in almost every town in Turkey. He shot "Kumes (The Coop)" in 2015, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and screened at Istanbul Film Festival and received the "Best Feature" award at Antakya Film Festival. Apart from festival films, Yusuf Aslanyürek has been the cinematographer of various mainstream films as well, among which "Mihrez: Cin Padisahi" and "Adana Isi" take the lead; the former feature was a horror film, and the latter a comedy. In 2017 he received financial backing from the Research and Development Fund given by Turkish Ministry of Culture, to develop his screenplay for "Asala". The feature film he made as the executive producer, "Anons (The Announcement)", co-produced by Chouchkov Brothers and financially backed by Bulgarian Film Fund and Turkish Ministry of Culture, was selected for the competition at La Biennale (Venice Film Festival) in 2018. Again, in the same year, "KAOS", the feature film he produced and shot as cinematographer, again backed by Turkish Ministry of Culture, is to be one of the contenders in the international competition section of Montreal Film Festival in August 2018.
SOCIAL LIFE He goes on long motorcycle journeys and does organic farming. Apart from his culinary interests, he loves animals and has four cats.- IMDb Mini Biography By: 0419
- Son of Semir Aslanyurek
- Moscow, Russia
- Istanbul, Turkey
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