Çağrı Vila Lostuvalı

Çağrı Vila Lostuvalı is a Turkish television director born on October 27, 1978 in Izmir. He is known for his TV series Poyraz Karayel and Masumlar Apartmanı; He was selected as the best director three times in Altın Kelebek.

He completed his secondary education at Private Çamlaraltı College and 60. Yıl Anatolian High School in Izmir. He studied cinema and television at Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication Sciences, and then completed his master's degree at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Directing career

From 2007 he worked as an assistant director in television; He took part in productions such as Asi, Yaprak Dökümü, Zeynep's Eight Days and My Father Büfe. One of his first directorial works was 2012's Suskunlar; this was followed by Revenge (2013–2014).

He won the best director award at the 42nd and 43rd Golden Butterfly Awards with Poyraz Karayel, which he directed in 2015–2016. After the TV series Bu Şehir Arkandan Gelen (2017) and 8. Gün (2018), he directed Masumlar Apartmanı, which was released between 2020 and 2022; With this work, he received the same award for the third time at the 47th Golden Butterfly. His subsequent works include Garbage Man (2023), Next Room (2024) and You Don't Cry Istanbul (2024–2025).