Hakkı Kurtuluş
Born in 1980, in Istanbul, Hakkı Kurtuluş has made communication, film and German studies at the Universities of Galatasaray, Lyon, Paris, Tübingen, Weimar and Berlin. He is a graduate of Lumière University and old fellow of École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines. Kurtulus holds a M.A degree in German Studies from École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris.
Currently, he is preparing his Ph.D. at the same school.
Kurtuluş is a germanist focusing on Weimar Classics. He speaks English, French and German.
Melik Saraçoğlu
Born in 1984, in Istanbul, Melik Saraçoğlu finished the Francophone High School of Galatasaray. Between 2003 and 2006, he studied film and literature in the double major program of Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. He also studied in University of Vienna in 2006. He has published several of his works in Centuria %48, Kitap-lık and Temrinler. Saraçoğlu has been the scholarship holder of Région Rhône-Alpes, the International Writers and Translators House in Ventspils-Latvia, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Swedish Embassy of Istanbul. He speaks English and French.
Directors’ Filmography:
- Orada (There) (2009)
- Viaggio in Bergmania! (2009-2010, Working title) A documentary film on Ingmar Bergman shot in Sweden, in Farö island, work in progress