Ezel Akay

Education

After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Bosporus University, he was trained as actor at the United States-American Villanova University.

Career

Before Ezel Akay started to work in the Turkish film business and co-founded the Turkish production company IFR, he worked as copywriter, theatre director and –actor. Since the foundation of his film production company IFR, Ezel Akay directed more than 500 commercials. Where"s Firuze? was the first feature, which Ezel Akay directed.

Achievements

• In 1996 Ezel Akay produced together with the Turkish film director Dervis Zaim for Zaim"s debut feature Somersault in a Coffin, which won several national and international prizes.