Born in Bahçesaray, Van, in 1953, of Azerbaijani and Georgian descent, Sinan Çetin studied art history at Hacettepe University and became a director and producer, running Plato Film Productions from 1986. He is one of the best known Turkish directors of the 1980s and 1990s. 14 Numara (1985) won him the Golden Orange for best director. Berlin in Berlin (1993) was shown at the Moscow festival. Propaganda (1999), a libertarian comedy about eastern Turkey after the Second World War, was critically acclaimed. Komser Şekspir (2001) and Kağıt (2010) followed.
Schools and movements
Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)
- 1982 · Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Film (Altın Portakal En İyi Film Ödülü) — Çirkinler de Sever
- 1985 · Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Director (Altın Portakal En İyi Yönetmen Ödülü) — Number 14
- 1999 · Shanghai International Film Festival: Best Film (Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film) — Propaganda
Filmography
- Çirkinler de Sever 1981 · IMDb 4.5
- Number 14 1985 · IMDb 5.3
- Bir Avuç Cennet 1987
- Princess 1987 · IMDb 3.2
- Berlin in Berlin 1993 · IMDb 5.5 · 1,607 votes
- Bay E 1995 · IMDb 3.1 · 1,342 votes
- Propaganda 1999 · IMDb 7.1 · 10,795 votes
- Commissar Shakespeare 2000 · IMDb 5.8 · 3,716 votes
- Romantik 2007 · IMDb 4.4 · 1,548 votes
- Kağıt 2010 · IMDb 6.2 · 1,112 votes
- Çanakkale Çocukları 2012 · IMDb 1.8 · 1,097 votes
- Amerikali Kiz 2018 · IMDb 1.9