KAOS

Prof. Dr. Semir ASLANYÜREK
He was born in 15 August, 1956 in Antakya. After completing his primary and secondary education he went to Damascus in the fall of 1975. Until 1978 he received education in Damascus University Medical Faculty after which he gained a scholarship from Soviet Union for a stone sculpture. In 1979 he went to Soviet Union and although he just started prep classes he decided to major in cinema instead of sculpting education. From 1980 to 1986 he studied in Moscow State Institute of Cinema (VGIK), Film Directing Faculty, Department of Acting, Cinema and TV Films, and received bachelor and master degrees.
In Cinema Industry he made short films such as “Yara” (The Wound), “Babil’de Yalnızlık” (Loneliness in Babel) and “Yukarıda Hava Temiz” (It’s Clear Up Here). After returning to Türkiye he started working as an academic in Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty, Cinema and Tv Department in 1990. In 1993 he shot his first feature film named “Vagon”; however, could not complete post-production. He shot “Şelale” (Waterfall), his second feature film, in 2001. He assumed the title of Assoc. Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2002. In 2003 he shot a documentary named “Çağlar İçinde Antakya” (Antakya Over Ages). In 2006, he shot his third feature film, “Eve Giden Yol” (Road to Home). His fourth feature film “7 Avlu” (7 Courtyards) was completed in 2010 and released in 2011. In 2013, he presented his feature film “LAL”. Semir Aslanyürek, who also has four published books named “Senaryo Kuramı” (Script Theory), “Tarkovsky’den Sinema Dersleri” (Cinema Lectures by Tarkovsky), “Bir Dağ Düğünü” (A Mountain Wedding) and “Rüya Gibi” (Like A Dream), has written nine feature film scripts, two of which are adaptations, and translated a book “Sinema ve TV’de Görüntü Kurgusu” (Image Editting in Cinema and TV) from Russion to Turkish.