Barış Pirhasan

Hasan Barış Pirhasan, who was born in Istanbul on August 15, 1951, is the son of Vedat Türkali, the brother of Deniz Türkali, and the father of Yusuf and Emine Pirhasan, in addition to being a director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer.

After completing his primary education at Aydın Primary School, then British Boys' High School and Ankara Science High School, he studied at the Faculty of Medicine for two years. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of English Language and Literature in 1976 and then completed his master's degree at The National Film and TV School in London.

Since 1973, he has appeared with his poems in publications such as Yeni Dergi, Militant, Sanat Emeki, Yazko-Edebiyat, Sanat Olayı, Hürriyet Gündem and Kitap-lık; He published the poetry books "History is Bad" in 1985 and "My Father Doesn't Understand Anything About Me" in 1995. His poem "Goodbye" reached a wide audience with the composition of Kazım Koyuncu.

Pirhasan, who entered the cinema as a screenwriter with the 1983 film "Badi", wrote the scripts of the films "Adı Vasfiye", "Aaahh Belinda", "Değirmen", "Asiye Naşlı Kurtulur", " Kadının Adı Yok" and "Wait for the Shadow" directed by Atıf Yılmaz between 1985 and 1990. In 1989, he had his first directorial experience with the movie "A Tale About Little Fish"; He also served as a screenwriter and producer in the same project.

As an active member of the Writers' Union of Türkiye and the Film Directors Association, he stands out with his work in the field of cinema and literature.

While the movie "Master, Kill Me" won the Best Screenplay award at the 34th Golden Orange Film Festival in 1997, it also received awards in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Film at the 10th Ankara International Film Festival in 1998; It was also nominated at the Emden International Film Festival the same year. The movie "Adam's Trains", which he shot in 2007, won the Golden Tulip Award at the 26th International Istanbul Film Festival and took part in the National Feature Film Competition at the 44th Golden Orange Film Festival.

Barış Pirhasan was born on April 18, 1951 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Information taken from TMDB.