Can Ulkay

Can Ulkay, born in Istanbul in 1964, is known as one of the important names of the Turkish cinema world. The director, who is widely known for his film Ayla, which was Turkey's candidate for the best foreign language film at the Academy Awards, has also carried out successful projects in the field of commercial filmmaking for many years.

After spending her childhood and youth in Istanbul, Ulkay graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema-TV, and started her career as a trainee assistant at TRT Istanbul Television in 1985. After stepping into commercial filmmaking, he directed approximately 1000 commercials. In addition to shooting the video for Sertab Erener's song "Öyle de Güzel", he also directed commercials for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2014.

Ulkay, who made her transition to cinema in 2015 with the movie Sarıkamış Çocukları, made her name known to cinema lovers in 2017 with the movie Ayla, which attracted great attention. The film, which includes master actors such as İsmail Hacıoğlu, Çetin Tekindor, Taner Birsel, Ali Atay and Murat Yıldırım, competed as Turkey's candidate in the best foreign language film category at the 90th Academy Awards, but could not enter the candidate list as a result of the eliminations.

Can Ulkay was born on November 27, 1964 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Can Ulkay was born in Istanbul in 1964. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul. In 1987, he graduated from the Department of Cinema - TV, formerly known as the Faculty of Applied Fine Arts, and now known as the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. He worked at TRT Istanbul Television.

He started his commercial career as a trainee assistant in 1985. Can Ulkay has been directing commercial films since 1994. During this period, he directed approximately 1000 commercials. He currently continues his advertising career as a director at Digital Arts.

Information taken from TMDB.