İlksen Başarır

Ilksen Basarir, who was born in Istanbul in 1978, is a well-known name in Turkish cinema as both a screenwriter and director. Basarir, who started his education at Saint Benoît French High School, then graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication. He stepped into the world of cinema thanks to the internship he did during his sophomore year at university.

After his graduation, he continued his career as an assistant director at İFR (Exceptional Films and Advertisements) in 2000. In this role, he took part in both commercials and feature projects with various directors for four years. These experiences played an important role in developing his cinema language and practices.

Among the important productions that İlksen Basarir directed and wrote the script for, are films such as "Love in Another Language" (2009), "Atlıkarınca" (2010), "Erkek Tarafı" (2013), "Once Upon a Time" (2015) and "One Life Is Not Enough". He achieved a significant success, especially with the movie "Atlıkarınca", winning the Best Screenplay Award at the 47th Golden Orange Film Festival together with actor Mert Fırat.

Ilksen Basarir was born in 1978 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Ilksen Basarir was born in Istanbul in 1978. After graduating from Saint Benoît French High School, he graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism.

Basarir, who worked as an assistant director in the early years of his cinema career, shot his first feature film, Aşk in Another Language, which he wrote and directed in 2009. With this film, he received the 21st Ankara International Film Festival Promising New Screenwriter Award and the Special Award of the Board of Selection.

He co-wrote the screenplay of his second film, Atlıkarınca (2010), together with Mert Fırat. With this film, he received the Best Screenplay Award at the 47th International Antalya Film Festival and the Radical People's Award at the 30th International Istanbul Film Festival. In 2013, he shot the movie Erkek Tarafası: Testosteron, which was adapted from a theater play, and then the movie Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş in 2014.

Productions in which he took part

• Her First (2019)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.